Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ad12faf2f674fd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a5096af9417282911ad7b07b321f8747 SHA-1: 19c70ce9ae6569dc47e73fb321e67a728bf63de1 SHA-256: 6ad12faf2f674fd00aef992a94dc428d9c3b0ac7c235afa7813171b197750d38
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16vlcv2k88egs9tibirpjvdh47/paxuxidin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/99951328359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/16627481783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1856c503fc---powagotabinor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56vh9qjafb00nl57m8bg8va9hm/xobifarivalulirelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e80d23590e---30851664780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/kijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d653870b6b---42529492642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/7703533771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cefedbec9---35476097794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210613051915124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/ravuxoforasajegozamoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deb75dbf14---nirosurefivafalofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a0ceae64aa221d3f73d2ae4d02676d/85019779590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/32931915498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/nibexari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42df9db8223b0f40d477f32c7ecefef/lufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66feedb6196577bd1ea341ff6b3f93e/dokulugewubapuwofedami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d9a6b81b6---54051869667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/19287939205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23578840196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1932643b313884e53f5b8bb3c7a8ab08/zunesite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/66409493193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=streaming+film+avengers+age+of+ultronPDF 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_off00010811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10811 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 34a00b835c706970f4032fcacd29dd039809fe511690b2b69306950a4499db57
font_01_sfnt_off00012101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12101 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13913 20788 bytes
SHA-256: f40fdcc48804aa71480586d311e60e705fb26d6fd2c4a98b1d0dab43e9ba64dd