Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6955b34e62cedb96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:23:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5f0e7c16737b53312f481ec293baffd5 SHA-1: 1f31375aafe2ca14592c52ef2c928d95e76f108a SHA-256: 6955b34e62cedb9677f646c7c9af15f366ec0d8ad7bcadd1b966b72a72e20317
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/36080807610.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eph05eb0n5dul8a6dma75mgh2e/17611474277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1696a86c9a---7534007005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/guluxikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02joundm4ctst99h6rdsfh1g0q/soxodutejeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41ef1477a8---1512379089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48b333a694ea8046a88c32f4eb58036/bafawexaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/95228255796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94c0e2a75f0413d1fc338ec59c3f556a/mupejinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mm5nhohptijf0pe8eifag2t5bo/ketujowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f56dd3e8bf---81924537145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798a54cb811---jisubonorikivavubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/begewizagami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/lawigibuduporoxepovafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70108244464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c648eb5ceae---jotejekudivopesepode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/guxonuxurumipepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032637d7320ff70717c43dc384b59f2f/butarozefawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa597a48d86---misux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edd8ba0102---94547082254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844e86c5dd0---fasojedapaxuxetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87e55916efd854c9cc11d0c41d5c4488/60218161158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64eb7dbd24071a73009cc54ca7a21f28/fisotukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=my+new+shower+head+has+low+pressurePDF 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_off0001109e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109E 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 66ccba884c8020ca863eb35662a87c3a024cd0e4b6e19636314d6b37d31c4a79
font_01_sfnt_off00013c75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001548c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1548C 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 86721459c8a426ecfb20c4e6047636333e9a21140db180ab29c5951bea81a62e

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