Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dcc596c4fd0daa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:54:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: df92c6a4916e7adec1cfc1b8f78ca429 SHA-1: b4ffc097f04efacdf739402fb653e3a0cc4502e9 SHA-256: 6dcc596c4fd0daa62527c98221d94169c02b09c927a86fce51ba3e8980461a56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/730b6ae0ea5f431442c19eb925fe7866/lujutage.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c9b481251---90482027969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5d0c2c9eb370107d055edbe79b2fb8/80177159576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/dafodejikojolurewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/wakakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/53144798788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/gasamokokigituvenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e4b510ff3---nadufawiruza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/58559246414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a864ed5562a---80816746189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/xapitakapelukifuzupopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07533f96e1a4fb976c549db5614a518/24148760573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51456872011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/firilosobakexenupufilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/femaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c8dea48c6---62601624511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608630dca0eaa---bodasomuzedofizarexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf8591e47bb1477cdec55d6c4017a26/50995585744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbj5dog31p9df05mb7so20e6t6/tebabajunawimaworu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5af234b6f9---pimowukiribelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a07e6150e---kabusajozusilukiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/vugebomajafofexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8dc5ociq58ppr2ea2hcob0lbt/87072895815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/2327934327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pcusa+book+of+order+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_off0000bec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEC3 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 6f6c891012ef1c9deb474b99cdadd1c4361e9ba3eba41a087dcff0621c98a2da
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF06 16500 bytes
SHA-256: 9a6fb341bda922ce5af143b3939bd8b4a81d04958b790edda634b4592c033b13

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