Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69f879b842481d45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 03:18:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 60afe8c154f6653b564c8704efc29a33 SHA-1: 2312b001096b60cf78a43f33f44d4f0a21f62e08 SHA-256: 69f879b842481d458dfba3c00e47b038ddd3c4661a3b89557fa9bfa36d38972f
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2663222cd378bd26ed1b28c8f754500/rosekaga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fl2dr7p3jni1fus5efm72i9o7a/97908995366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1346a57848699441a0cee4bb2d8742b8/14225798456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/xigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65m8bh8fc1rg8287icm3o66eal/putol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/97283490045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0975002d0---nosetujisigosipufegoxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/wajesefinuvuvuxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c42d243874---kevirumozejigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/lofogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/15974032329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ea3b8995f---81072314882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70318c5d90---17887485020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/61671271206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/652e41fba31cd6e7b6e22ae847fa120c/40581749631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/9138508254.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a589b45018---66488261097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/64968976404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/dukefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/milafogurizejape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/819804f66447176b7323e5cb0f444f3b/poxowamedusoxusatimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/faven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b649260b89c7d854d859ba26ea818a5/82651105888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/96083918272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff4940061f---juregagegivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f14b24a27d---degopabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowekavorezovozega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.comIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=icse+class+10+maths+2019+solved+paperPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBC 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 725a5d1ef95873a10eb3be13b70d4993481428cc4d6e75ac38d6d11e18fbc54b
font_01_sfnt_off000106a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A1 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 29fa2f2cffed8b46d59586e33217a02490ad06086291cc63fb766f7e89fc747d
font_02_sfnt_off00011be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE0 18776 bytes
SHA-256: b7eeccade5a6ea8181d0a1188f73e88b0b73efd959ef2f3a813ce37e015802ad
font_03_sfnt_off00014e3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1