Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6498378a4970b348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 10:45:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 42f551c8a43a8e12734e81cc52d6dcf7 SHA-1: bf4f23014a2b4d4ede3ea6d217ab1c393c69b40f SHA-256: 6498378a4970b3482f7a6982f52f0189d3078f2c272059ed542ef2b4b32e3542
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, and heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript. This script likely redirects users to external URLs, as evidenced by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM firings. The URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for executing this redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/vijujogagotiwip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/jugedilamuvolipumosepitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79f1ce85a6c9125fa316248a644af793/70173883488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107402e82bd3---vazexelikuxifazezitisobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/55706891875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/relijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/70666971565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/78179422657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62069589924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6l8tjdh9g0ihupgk6tvhgvo15/10002070282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fad5804008---gaxetegexawatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/59681766541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b399e4109---mumuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac4ad4717e---vopunokususugifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/vobomadovalebapijedosoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/safedimedabomuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/kikujujetuxobudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/namokogowikebizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/41611649322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93067352747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744ab41e35a2916521f887f9e24ade13/20792063254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ebda1144a199014f7a2732780b7dbbf/33781425770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/37783928726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/82226215934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eclickapps.in/userfiles/files/10399340904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=action+research+in+education+a+practical+guide+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-0875In PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e66e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66E 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 7895f733c237adcb1ecdc2501174a1356a6c7e305f554c7d0c3b28fb9ab73c71
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BD 18012 bytes
SHA-256: f5b7bc6bf5c7f8cfbbddf003256a4965c256b993bc5b2a4249dc1a15b35cba62