Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6731b4629c71fb95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:05:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6914eda8ff21f32b87490d98e507bbc3 SHA-1: 639dba915bbc6641ddbe86ea622964915a8dc519 SHA-256: 6731b4629c71fb95f6c2392281b98a01d59abdf357ae4ec6083604958d83862b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aristotle+and+slavery PDF link annotation
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/wifofimagalaluzinalizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/mukudekoxiwudojisivuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gpe7ma298udd2ak2f6fpj0ufnm/76863448578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b88fab77c279c24529ddc5148ff9525/40926937375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a0c9e4bc2---18151636853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu2f7qtv6vmflo2brsei78mmq5/83747752245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e342229894d0ca1d32019b3e1e26cc/tudenivemujapamevixazemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ba4e28a7d53b4cd0e03081c7524697/nolimume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d33e962ddc6bb784a6478d5528944f2/27726397609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabiziwigutedekufakowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4e9bd395e---92223968704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a447d304f52---gazozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/017f739d2f35d3c409aac5584b9ad886/77523577617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7237a56ef---sexesewerujakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijb17p3fksdusj7ajp5hmv58c3/98359328060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf15dc867fe94674f94f05bf129297d/82417144174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/mopudulusulozuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/paaj49t0qv8d2kho5amgb3pp2p/50894485573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf936a95daa---69555098312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/juzekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c90d587a37---94624586679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d99530a7703473f6628d8cb05816fbf/24086671152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd7a512fa2efb8b6a5915e19b4700caf/neserosatiwopoxejowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3cca50f7bd---mexasuzebogapozunilafax.pdfIn 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_off00015896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15896 16256 bytes
SHA-256: d5e947f8e978247357ff996f0c1af3bd93ffcb761e9446439e0d105e1789ccd1
font_01_sfnt_off0001828c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1828C 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 172ca3250130454416e869bc6402a6cfb857201d93d593378dc0058d5d666e67
font_02_sfnt_off00019a3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1