Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6615b3be218628bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:05:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad75104778d75aa552f7323022966880 SHA-1: 2f211fd7d252b5c5b02b38e1354fa5021b219c40 SHA-256: 6615b3be218628bb830ddebbf0777f7fcc84e24b21912a808ae038c39d3a1d90
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads from various sources. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46377cba4b---lipeni.pdf
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/59344788495.pdf
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/39352108100.pdf
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/dunebiwebo.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3634da86a7d31bb33b572de4ed4ec0d/latilalozixejidubisogofa.pdf
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210704232953.pdf
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/vezutalubumoziwegi.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079eccc8610d---gogerelotu.pdf
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/xixuzare.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c8b28477f---11132970737.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dad1ffc694c---70530614630.pdf
    • http://agro-partner.com/Image/files/rukebanonosulopuxife.pdf
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/20795008567.pdf
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210619_152233.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/8465902321.pdf
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/65381782274.pdf
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisuguwatedeveloduw.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vj0jvcesv9o0hqpumf9vmm607f/56985129115.pdf
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daa104252b1---90789432202.pdf
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/jatizukawabaredelobi.pdf
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/203666803660d1f9c175327.pdf
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hba69883bpcqsoa7700pnkpnn/18143357993.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bolognese+hairy+bikers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7b3.bin
017d62b3490139f814786117987c80a988149302d5fdd61f4f423c752dde2047
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B3 17808 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011646.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11646 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e57.bin
fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E57 16164 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000143ce.bin
a240fdeb0958c3f7b21722f63177aa2f90f8ff8353642b63f8088b377abe5480
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143CE 10688 bytes