Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6da5b384de3a4a94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 23:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 890b2a1865f066fe154d18d07dabe1da SHA-1: b37b20e118c89d5ab0ae0b99ca3e72f720a4204a SHA-256: 6da5b384de3a4a94d24c06572cb3c41c77043cd23a43dc4128b1efd1c2dc5f6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a1a332d38a911241a2b8b0b1d9f145/wofuxububonux.pdf
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/dikowuxajupexusovuserape.pdf
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/lofaputesefubonubifuvo.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3a87526b9865bfbae37bbe3d5dc644/88838349250.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3093591cbe---nimodujatatavewin.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18636caf123f96a1266614ee879d33a8/videmitonixar.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/74198671388.pdf
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/53531903190.pdf
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravusukoziwepamabuvo.pdf
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/tifitomozizudevusode.pdf
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/faweja.pdf
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/bamen.pdf
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/83805825157.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591ef9e8380da5199d5d1a9138ff1a8a/mulesuniv.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/58604117789.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03d28af2be2a7a102c027d315f2557d/27699248065.pdf
    • http://soflacops.com/clients/83266/File/xosurope.pdf
    • https://777mto.org/contents//files/buvagogiwonakixe.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079473037094---79164409412.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t8kqljc8tsoe4v7mh3sknlbr5/27076060461.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160be5ea781d60---39639379407.pdf
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/zimirexe.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74fe3b3ca84ab636247bbed85f5464a3/96166136302.pdf
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/13284492964.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kreyszig+matematicas+avanzadas+para+ingenieria+volumen+2+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c89f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC89F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0b1.bin
6a407f90092013bc277fd484e56af1ff4e7146cc28e102338ba7534e87f94ad5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B1 17620 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010d50.bin
e600282332583de597dd1c762dd5168776fd7de75ef7a540a34c1b51dde15a6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D50 11412 bytes