Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c36f634164809cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7c575f0a4c2ebaa18333dbd70c9bdbe2 SHA-1: 2ba8f95f95eae2783ab3ac08e5f6edd74f729c76 SHA-256: 6c36f634164809cc526515ee1804bb8ae77e60ada3eb87d878f599cd2b4e5ac2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised upload storage and disposable hosting, combined with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65040152950.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5a8fd8c0628002d4e28040872174f3/78718692713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/duparusefugidujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/29293235220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861dcee8628---99572884340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609279b0c6ab9---bawutuzijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/22582380829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7bc5b0f66---94801836464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948752a6beb---76416182434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/tamigokiwugozufaxeviworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/53406340165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gofewubowadunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/97214899813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/watisarojadizewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ftoctl39edcv3t5r54frp4u2/39784215792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/65598112767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgjcgeglgm3tdf8umceqdk4o33/pinuluzekazaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4ps71ou7qg5gnn2mhvhm6phph/85255883341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08a5819466---sememawubigowowoxagidawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h1mlgrdm9rqm083tjhs48l4mu/85430258426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/tekebedabofozumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=beginner%27s+guide+to+digital+painting+in+photoshop+2nd+edition+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_off0000fbef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEF 17180 bytes
SHA-256: be57da26feb734f138839cb3659aad9383a3b7d2d00e90a49038cbc8f6290373
font_01_sfnt_off000128ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AD 11084 bytes
SHA-256: ec83cf7b615415ae9d58a96dfc808ec9b83a20ddceb6580e3a8f2db73cdaa9bd
font_02_sfnt_off00014254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14254 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1