Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6961f6bd2245dce9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 02:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fc1a16bca8bde718a1d1450f8d312e91 SHA-1: 80748bbd2d6df8ad0b4c13dd73bb97e737969190 SHA-256: 6961f6bd2245dce9819c0c585e19e93fbc95696b910b958f2d3f9ecca4017356
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript that likely redirects the user to a malicious URL, as indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_URI' heuristics. The 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into clicking on a hidden action, which is then likely to trigger the JavaScript. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting further support a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=steam+unlocker+among+us PDF link annotation
    • https://gcs.kz/data/content/file/lilinidalatowusovara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139edf2254d8---rekadupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sas.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lixadulidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/fimepaboleduje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/80272908574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glamweddingdesign.com/userfiles/file/6016506657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/8822271526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/79684196611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarm.pl/userfiles/file/46795706408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613397ce21414---zazowonazurusumokugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs/files/85640339261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisugilekavorerevowaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ef70cc1b8---65739721626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/60384782889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e698b3b906bd2a3841f26a8bb1703111/4213049103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/letabawosuwuxuzozawojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/favonawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84265238069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/banedudozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5298052639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///89870081934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/lokamosedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serting.eu/userfiles/files/bonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-box100.com/uploads/files/202109171955155757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/47803075200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494c68e44f8---33398379663.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_off0000b203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB203 14008 bytes
SHA-256: 51f4d76201fb10b616062820276b39f7ca4906311ba84c1b17623cea9be97afd
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0E 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 993940987f780c792882ba2d72e336bfa2f7a07e491775c71031da3d98cf781b