Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d8d737fa8acd30a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7fbacb29366d4446c8a53486879b4843 SHA-1: 8e7695c9c7db8c066faedcfeb598bb19fd9891e8 SHA-256: 6d8d737fa8acd30ad3587470c181fc1f20e49c8290816e1412e9e448704c634a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to various external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

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://ladangmimpi2.com/contents//files/ropaletexozobudezujeziwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/nobuxoxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/21368748366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/sipujojuriwujunogidozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/33842683053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/dazexiduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2fd425dbc---sabavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/risurututinusadekagaxatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0bd6f05963---48749617567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/lobezonojaburafusegebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c233cf9ec531d9feee7739840d4d35/wasajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunas.lt/app/webroot/uploads/files/97126402211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/wepamitubetomogamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d591ebfb6a---bodewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83163025ee8823bfaa57fdf0e4651dca/nadukodid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/25850094972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampoernastrategic.com/uploads/image/files/99174454671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94170117149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/nolavubixixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/202181543202477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/sukerixuzuvosuxutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6aa34db5df---82006075398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=word+save+as+pdf+without+commentsPDF 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_off0000d307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD307 18200 bytes
SHA-256: a2d86cdb1cbf7ae62ed3fd1903204460e0cf6c8f4ad51e768b4a9a63f03cda0e
font_01_sfnt_off0001015c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1015C 11084 bytes
SHA-256: f9c32462408a89dc8c759e8396e09aef514161f364434c0a54ae207736a8c14c
font_02_sfnt_off00011b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1