Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b71757932b62241…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:13:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 852071bb930bdd1d433e8da04d25e5d8 SHA-1: 902fbdfe4fcbfee81dcff78a1fef84c3e33ce72a SHA-256: 6b71757932b62241466e2828174124d9cb56890b7bfa75dc2670191affd02ec7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f005d8b6daa32d602d4c974627a7c9ba/48487226696.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/devinesenijekamofejewuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612db46cec1d7---gupufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/92663440251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://predit.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28960820065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a118e3e4fcb---zoxilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488095707902dce3c79767acf2e91f0d/parapakamasenire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb6ee6b17a---wavogusadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d7d13868ca9dfc58c4b080208f5938/jasuwinedawupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/42704107304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d187b89936b173b38d4d767efbac434/39637806400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/92946634468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610899dc91a82.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/13488481887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/fojesavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area5srl.it/file/povemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/batajosabuwisasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/bivefumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/magujipoxulagirikawulono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edaa848d6cb---39910575976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/68779507877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents/files/18823249481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/sonubavunawababotoripipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/vedegowoxiriseponuxegewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c263ba65f37e78e0d77799cb5d846142/18893880885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=project+environmental+pollution+pdfPDF 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_off000190fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190FD 10908 bytes
SHA-256: f49018214d972da738ce30945d8596e28d04a189bbb674220464669cdcd5b0b4
font_01_sfnt_off0001aa35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C247 20080 bytes
SHA-256: 092c26c6acbc0cd8536c2ae8e850b664d19010a71bd4b6dc585d74d5447793c0