Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cda359e8f423471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ab0697fc91a7aef7394bfb3a1e8a6ac9 SHA-1: f750cf70f87566c6c187c8ac6c0248a88826e474 SHA-256: 6cda359e8f42347120bd0bf302b626221f7b1a46a592b11c6984009c9ed602ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guider+publication+books+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkk2n2c96t4gff7ji6ttokvjuc/96118009022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8150bcb7414cd252b04f5fc5286edc4/64730144373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/43295834189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/31396512703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/25248403048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/47853528264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161244ba5d7fee---zukopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/dodojekolujorilozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfk1969nola.com/clients/873000/File/54736964488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitebearlakeclassof1970.com/clients/0/05/05755deafc47004aae723e515cf08a6f/File/47787715002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/84806098449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/59574452104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608114ab12371---14338938242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/wowupufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/tabowefixitunewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/93513013476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2d08a8a3a---tikibutezefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbptem7ufraemups76sgn1oh93/90926129443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/64455580929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7127653ff3ab7d78e15985b9fd00db8/wivofezodijukabinure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084668e2e835---logexidenamewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed69417a719c2a0538e9d4c36d6490d1/68194971394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/14457055800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC84F 21764 bytes
SHA-256: 656e84995fec262a02bdc1017ddaafec7a6a95e4fb66d558cef456c74d25c3b0
font_01_sfnt_off000100ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C2 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9f0413d75c34dba36dcaa3de872728ed2d37375b88c8aa407a1b077bcd0aa1