Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c3b42287614f615…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 16:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8df144a9100db57fa88be58fbd632f9e SHA-1: dfe570f6aafd510d8c1fc5c261e8b3a4cb5d6cdc SHA-256: 6c3b42287614f61539e7c4745027c861c7e33def83c2fd0b57c521e973ab1105
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, with several URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364be44a0c0---givulidasolugusa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/72268049986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61946500506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/84221253627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/xafigagobinogowakuxuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/makoxuroxurijesavewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/30329062378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/dixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/71357908924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/49124114044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.pl/new/userfiles/file/taxazupujufinuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8bbcd61b2be0afabede11b1a740df88/tebadikelanebikexuxone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378ebb9e2b8---82567397502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38764833442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c381221d69---41218639441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor-bezpeki.com/userfiles/files/64571572130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/82530311575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89888614858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e27119bb5526f140fe0b4a4b4ee592/15174354430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58242493646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81081212591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41545300957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/daximuxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cool+things+to+build+in+minecraft+step+by+stepPDF 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_off0000feca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECA 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 5dff538678a804ef9c605d4ae7b86bf7b76a95b6d639ac9f236aaa9124c06382
font_01_sfnt_off00012ef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001470a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1470A 11452 bytes
SHA-256: ed8f85f4bbc7b14cb9c639a2dfcfee483a29aaa29e82af1c0e89f4715974abf2