Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bcefec757eb2c8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 21:17:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e6fbf6abcebce45bca35ac717226b442 SHA-1: e55450da335c74513337bc4102abf2ce9a3aab5a SHA-256: 6bcefec757eb2c8e3eace542f1400f528bd9d5bc5782a091d5209c6f5131531f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The numerous external links, many hosted on potentially disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753f688f883a9831f946ccc4d60193fc/tejabojokaniwiwofofukave.pdf
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapogujidawodoredumepareb.pdf
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/8179187265.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/nilusubeluxaz.pdf
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/bolosuwu.pdf
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72205507743.pdf
    • http://zatexpress.com//upload/userfiles/files/87601775315.pdf
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63766516948.pdf
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vu9be4ca57gdpoguqrtqeibk0/wowabedogelapeg.pdf
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/bubaxilugetun.pdf
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/rufomokex.pdf
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/zuwegux.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f15d24241---26304324789.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cd696fddb---65375977110.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/tirokavazarugojizetuwi.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7584634ad228a52c8b94eef233350872/witelato.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5m28kj7kl3d61aungnq0afkkg/vofopafufovatef.pdf
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/mizupipiretupenarapivuk.pdf
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/viritubok.pdf
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13697167944.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfj0dq6q3j8avq9r8jk2dmhpn4/60408228962.pdf
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents//files/67514969963.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=crossword+puzzle+answers+new+york+times
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26419141880.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dec8.bin
2d9b5929bb7943fdcda3012213dc941e880fa686b0122149a21445930ebde511
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC8 17296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bf1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012408.bin
0d773f83d4956bc014bddac3be0628a1836012af3d237200a65b8fcded70a838
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12408 11036 bytes