Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a02ebb3b944d5bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fdec8eec5332c097aa757fbf99b14ae5 SHA-1: b13eb6d716b43da5b1be21710078e74a33c6b6bc SHA-256: 6a02ebb3b944d5bddce8b7747dd4bc55944292b606d8900c909ece2acde6b1d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a "link farm" heuristic and the ClamAV detection further support a malicious classification. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6435979146d09e8491cf3a15aaa53fb8/bobagogipap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/tewunidavatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b666a3327---159537011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c63a88db1---95920154319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzemimujazijupolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752198b5615---50401712606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd18be31b---62371764780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmhmhplcc57vgq3uootfop3ute/89307880930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/26597238869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastelbuilders.com/userfiles/file/58361507709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/nilelidesiguwezuvogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67198959359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d355q3j7h8kth475sjf185r1/10833978181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6567b84009013d55ccefa82375eea62/37900372715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/95467683138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c66065a118---dokuwiviwavupefife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/996ad493743a7889ab76b79c8fb6a525/vumomakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/buxifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/98203037627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d609371f38d2eb43138c57cd685d9ad3/69053820556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a066e4bd0a1---11851876151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokuluwulipifujoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xotomofizugogonivigirenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maysoi.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/76651724885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/pepesinavixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotefeviroxomavogoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=download+gta+v+for+android+no+verificationPDF 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_off0000caf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF4 18960 bytes
SHA-256: 81b9cac45793fce4140caf403e81e1c1a9761af97a140249107a47431283c147
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11520 10636 bytes
SHA-256: f88e4b7f372ce51f4651225ec4ebab5ce944b8224491d62815d355229751d8f2