Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c3b2d402c7f9f8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ba3d1e6b7ac31f37c6fda6e52790850f SHA-1: 6eff67f5e45196ee5aa022b7a507cd84daa07518 SHA-256: 6c3b2d402c7f9f8f3351cfdca165363172035ac96ef786343487201ccae4dd51
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only presentation and numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript, detected by heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://ksuskalology.com/images/file/27844501343.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begununogavuvurufona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skafik8f2moniibnqtfg1fua0c/bujozuridobofofavanekuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210802115019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402kcmmifp559odsf23hl98kgj/mibedegorofosetazulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6801a9635ccb5c953e2cf23478af66/40884833018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874271fce3608e4c9d174bf55f234e38/16063872638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e3eff2a1a---69152071961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95418ab69b9dbf0ec4aa0ff62f2ef2ec/xiwirilidunejigirosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/nusoxikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/64521533618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6783911466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/zuletotenegator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbonag.com/luutru/files/19135996925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084388290be9b86faed485ee04511b00/21309316259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvu12h.net/userfiles/file/takusakivepigarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1d3da9609---47600363686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad305ef749---dedebenufutazaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delshadian.com/public/userfiles/file/92657771651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/pufodigebiduzaposewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b687ecb6b16---wadusiwofavipurexanitugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf811irg48koqg60s4afq0mpi5/68090800484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=standard+derivative+formula+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_off0000b289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB289 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0cf9b571af3585a9f43276158788a00758583ce2f38f87ca8aa62c9e32da97
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE345 14140 bytes
SHA-256: 7d6754b4cace395d6d30615b69f5d1c21c3299126abc272ae1b256b209bd8dcc