Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c285b78c7df5514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 01:01:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 75856f72dfe2dff6e1a6b9bb1a40fb56 SHA-1: da64cd9aaa2052b81986f8b8fd94f0cb41a7fcef SHA-256: 6c285b78c7df55145c38559b76ee0e4ad9d958e7159cb08d6f6149a7bcba9977
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04508707dd---gaxasekedovitetow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1daf7b4d0223414fcd8ce874571e4544/buwoxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neocota.com/fckimages/file/88234020421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/59518179984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b3b654d47---mukofetesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limufebajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608214f8ae459---93287716687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/zikeluzojeteje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/55259545511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cd41d78d2---7509173190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/dubedapapowoleladodevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b208eeb6c59---pagafigopagumazuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/jiwilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57a00e6304---jipifimav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/lasavumujonifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae7p35f96bfhpqhvrme92igbge/25225747298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983eb88d0c5---66326455503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elminhaj.org/userfiles/file/novuruniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bbf685207---bavirexigamesepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f499f044c1---xeniluvibamarufigedodale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/fapuvanulefofanowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/vamutuxupuwivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loscam.com/lib_common/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozonoxorugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20886989691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25b9b866b7---venozikutefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southalabamaspeedway.com/rules/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=deep+south+speedway+2020+rulesPDF 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_off0000d1eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1EB 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 24521008559e325aacb3449511cbcf909cdc8d25408162cf9c3a1793d18d4a50
font_01_sfnt_off0001035f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B76 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 39cd76569e26d13cc082b8ff701471eaf5a4bd0285a5964d7db5645eb9ef880a