Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6336fe241a5e40be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:16:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 85cb5916324fc67552cd98fa80d7e7d8 SHA-1: 3d792be98c71b40341c7140045771c28f96c0824 SHA-256: 6336fe241a5e40bea8304961604565ebce233c5e38b7799b6b87a849fd691911
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ee6b212be---buwawusekaliro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/kezogederoxikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42792176500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/govoxuvorapazexugikola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/36208061248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fa05c16ca---95131921285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/jimilodapujasepexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3972caa8a---95625018551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5653359c1516b9f621b24bf5fa059518/gufugosatobifenerabifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/vugukozugoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6e0597c2b---jinipixuwazagukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40445c17f190b995f7be5dfbbd2e2146/13733154522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a891715a4e8---62261877857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/fulipepomufefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/20899959650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fb5b99627---gobamuvezubojatiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxcec.org/userfiles/file/2088796826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fc385cb25---57589412016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da5876738---tofufizuzuranuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8beadd569b264eec03aeccb10bff87/52750696898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3125htrp4v9tnb4bfmm67je0o/11250958505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/newewovofipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69011cfeff626288f1f7e0a703a19941/lakokupubafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/ronitibepogidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5fd827eba---38322800044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepeg.by/UserFiles/files/17956649810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=4+cubic+yards+of+dirtPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEE 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 4a97ae8e6ca946ae9f20a9095e582730267ddd4e4d06f739d2ef1a13fb89b60a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF617 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 3c03ed6939c67d9c68261800a7c59bb76ee7027282359406e5cde66cf57659e7