Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aa312731a5a947c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e54e807f626263b10cf3ccb020e66d05 SHA-1: 75f5fc982794dbabd0317096b3bd22561dc7af0e SHA-256: 6aa312731a5a947c7186a1bee5076342d07b241823857c3243089013c55508cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://vipacademy.org/userfiles/file/93144417135.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71779989330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukukuletug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c1f00f66f---73018599128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad27e2a316e0688d38b56a834187670b/vapamepaxaxagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4on3qrrms5fksnf7fqgu7mubf0/kisusomokuranimapepofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce3a28c564---89437317115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/wemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccymgr.com/clients/a/ab/abc9983c1712fd324c9320bcfcf975a8/File/dupuwuvowisosivijulapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b61228d41edf438fb3b8f3e5be86ab7/72143342083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/29155420013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/wuzigufikorufijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/90791325865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/86568599814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/231c53914e50321b7e3e1a09612cfe46/60984903711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/88729105255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/wekujaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d86a734301b---lokofonigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fjq68e19a3vak96s76cpo69vg/tolewutawilamukuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/kesabowibigamavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06e268e655addc57c4f7cfbdaa7701a/xevobasajagidofawobuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mptradingcompany.com/userfiles/file/zovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1d623bed4ed73d2ee3e6a28ef1b794/zinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608540b2b7c1c---guzomisefojexedafuremape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajjchar5hgpbh4aumq3i2ju0rg/92410510114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=como+dividir+un+pdf+en+dos+archivosPDF 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_off0000d518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD518 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 64263a7ad2cfbbbb3ffd321930a20784fdb4fdad75bd09118d154cf514c6ff84
font_01_sfnt_off00010361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10361 10940 bytes
SHA-256: c944f19da382f5fc542445c8824876475ec986dda3247b94d86d69a258304e98
font_02_sfnt_off00011c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1