Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b6bff08704f53b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 19:13:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 47dfb8138f572ce9be36706a0107a468 SHA-1: 46cc2ac37f10bebd37d092ebf0fc5678070f3d2b SHA-256: 6b6bff08704f53b2c7a7f1af569c748582bc1c903a2c7e16a07973225d94ea80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/77962207431.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b1c39cc6241dcae2efbd70558d700d/17514198442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353210afaf4---14487376271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad37cec13e7c611ee6cdbd5295e3e0d3/sogerotarizosabomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210907005926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.eu/data/file/10267971528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f6e7b5783---lajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ad.ditroinfotech.com/laportal/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/62567820154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/somaripediniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanarfabrics.com/firma/files/92669902519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43148077027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b3la571ga-70p.com/contents/files/renod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14952df335686f34bbdff9ed54873328/robanilosokujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/31754537072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/80270961693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/jogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewififa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/57984163044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_ABD9AB3E756CCE1E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsebolivia.org/userfiles/file/86781406513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/zemezitodudumugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.jungle-flight.com/Uploads/files/lizeworitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17664858341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=call+me+emperor+alternate+world+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD640 18056 bytes
SHA-256: df431e3a4991d06417ff0f7b38cd44da21e6ae9ecc7e2044f44ca1b28ab77501
font_01_sfnt_off00010586.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10586 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9D 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 58aadc955fbb0fe9f4defbd2855d37ce88690b3aff9a0aff7dc2bf2bb0b598fa