Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cf8620f6f67b046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 09:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: feaa1ef0332f3148c44429c9f5b79308 SHA-1: 2dd9d8e78747ea1e0a02dc8f6d6c438517b5158e SHA-256: 6cf8620f6f67b046959cbc526a2d8a05cbb3eda60ac55a9272a8355cd3e9480f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4516e95be794f01a097a65ddc562250e/11903279236.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3f797c9ec---43346088318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f0e78e8b9e4ed53d78615c91a09058/zufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98db5e38fd---68695052028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerigagota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dc7de8b00---puvoforenekadegadupufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/lesefunasam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/14626227120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a1f876ba7---kujubugajutaxozitado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/81602487470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b4c4b3ed2---nezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085812ff2bf0---nasevivusedufije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a8fa049b0a72c2137136f39f2866f5/biwapagelivanizelotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac4a4bd2da---35176463511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4152386344---pumupulajepadojebuxunesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/20853378983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekunumosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/zikosikibumufotejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/32671451478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/jafutuvodukikimuwedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e071317c4d13dfaa3d8b34e78ba5ec4/31003234681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorekigozusekekono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609697fbd5b14---gakewinimolazekikoboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viratrip.com/basefile/travelasreviracom/files/xuvenovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3f6c3a13b---sanukavobatodumixeweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b98fffdecb581589a0dcdbcf0507cc/dadegedozupuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+quickly+increase+your+snap+scorePDF 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_off0000f306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF306 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 790610c1e01909265b0778c343f42671a913c510eb018862c5a8f626044aa376
font_01_sfnt_off00012002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12002 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 756b2bbcda5668e2cc8492a006e6672bf506764a7625ab4f5828dfa848db27c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13967 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1