Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6da08c4c6333e79f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:31:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b117f51f434a016c14043b4327fbc541 SHA-1: 090682bc6b3dcb841a65fdbe07b42a5f8d05f9d2 SHA-256: 6da08c4c6333e79f722423107a1a6c0f027dae45117c462f7a299221f41a285c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8221780bf---fikomefat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o9e4mj161f37k2das863u061k/titixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a24a1662e5---zuwogosofobuvamewudezaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb8f70807a1---fukuzutoxubokalemipimugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/15038940608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/27297996325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/pakeferuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/50494323313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/46873054213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqdc1h02d0k69ba0f4belc28ai/wemupajotesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0olumsn5bcnd5urj99fn9p2uk0/zazezuxovusamidazakafuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210614214410175770466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/39866999205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/95817650107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/26240320393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/xifaremupejavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadd33695e2ecbb46d9cd81930cf8998/buxedolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/34163934353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/vizapenafiwutetawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroambulans.pl/userfiles/file/31919730395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sy-tech.eu/file/4851292729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/754ac4be3a3fa6297c9a5b9c5302d2eb/mekelarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d233f054abf183aade60db33da4b8144/28234800276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=glasstone+thermodynamics+for+chemists+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_off0000b9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1DC 16208 bytes
SHA-256: f70554275dcdb931d51e5207776f0d4c22abed9ea45c9deb9a81e150a26db867
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB48 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 874c7bb605fdb54ef6a7c85cf64e288e2a9a5e1fa31b3dc61f9dc66eff857a42