Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c3abe1119d78fc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-13 11:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 44d25e4d24bb4d84e31a8bea783d4617 SHA-1: c7d956336838cd3c8305c1ef1dd0f197c6151cf8 SHA-256: 6c3abe1119d78fc9ab08bc6a454ca570b6471e2c9385317ebb4cb19b56d6e7ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://archetipoingegneria.it/userfiles/files/varibixafisasiji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/rumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iproperty.ae/userfiles/file/77133439868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/46688492636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/906cd2510c57edcaa164d218a906906c/56025452133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202153012360644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/xurivesakenolixigupadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/26858023708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/17759523369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/zafizefibusuwufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77bbdc7acdd1459a720d83b281093a4e/15566224168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/ginijuviwopalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83968833389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/59878019575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/mizilodatafumabarepemupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427e93d170---85554750539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609409eba67c8---fabanudirebifirugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/zububusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82vnh0dirn257oe79tj59og9o3/43715879553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/45609786269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/tazirerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/46257352934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/fefuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/81515924825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077da022f5ae---gogikimasebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=happy+birthday+cake+images+name+editPDF 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_off0000edab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAB 16680 bytes
SHA-256: 52df1f7b45d79eb22c9d18e4afc4d417d5666fc8bb4812bf06acf5d2d9f47687
font_01_sfnt_off000118d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D5 11132 bytes
SHA-256: d1f61f922a9e5554f789638d82a23e5149dc115b3be02085f9fdc11da45eea29
font_02_sfnt_off00013239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13239 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1