Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a306ffd4a8f47d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:30:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: eee527774d8ae7c929b91347dba6cbf8 SHA-1: d45726dd1f94c3e670a89d2531a03f3fefdee71c SHA-256: 6a306ffd4a8f47d44ba7c7c2913617f56f8e0f6119bf543102541a435a6ea239
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised upload storage. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' points to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, aiming to deliver further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flight+simulator+mod+apk+all+planes+unlocked PDF link annotation
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/puvokimodenexofugusenobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd1fb17502df5c3082d40dbe86efd4d/93786083843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/jitilerizodojadixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhoasis.org/app/webroot/img/fck/file/63032741444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dga.gr/ILC/img/file/logesasuwezasezako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poligigojavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ccf95d2faa---58047204600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wish-pharma.com/upload/files/232853570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/dodotefatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/rikalufovobegejigowiwafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents/files/31663352382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f636963d7---60900435024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/46893640269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac200bc270b6fb755f60529e057001ae/78689749098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832a14a0553112633727e71d47d70bda/84129352672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/dajuxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_4E4FE64D8867438C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/15834241677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poddertradingandindustries.com/userfiles/file/bitaralobewizelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/wuzamenaxifovina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f85969dd2e4de24dbcf74ac4e6dccf4/27689455342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/defuxozatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130067eb4cbe---43565470905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/zaliwewumesulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/43660996286.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_off0000bd82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD594 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 4c8b3f3af033847496eaf459d330704fb8457fb6faedcf8bc3bd63a8eaacf6d0
font_02_sfnt_off0001017f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1017F 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 8bd630279ef1058e047d260454c11d6513f14583fad831768063aaf190f9b84a