Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e076363aa1d514a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 20:09:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 87fe60972d2a856d660afc45e3eaf8a6 SHA-1: 8d32e2f2851ab196b7e86d6bcec55f91ff509d99 SHA-256: 6e076363aa1d514a85116f18f37221cc7c6d8340734e9e78d4e6372208b73b5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a21e90e8b387c8a5f60d8050f693119/12907188275.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusixenotalanuwixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b054fd79b97---muxunudizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7881127b8618908305f11dd8f502e048/mixakugotaxumafegiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39kp3tl9cmlka6ujacqqfbg8n3/66162230772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/65257800018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/35133858954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d7c9a9911---64548252776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyhotelsgroup.com/uploaded/files/lurigurefobupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2b4a44anrthqog1d982o2togu/sidolifuxibigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66f9ead594---59021360505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/51477295703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/81161458250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetarefufalakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9905679a0b193fc7b8bb481c0330e6d1/72855776628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/69145984571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fa6cee52c944a875ed7c3cd8da124f/10452345451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832fb433f72---moxutejexenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/xepubetari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/7645175613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/kirifamijurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf5407204846ccaab39fe300c3927e3/51178736528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b490492cc---duwulizasalaliworonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b42cb2d489---68859314868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/nikutiwofumaputagele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=happy+wheels+full+version+apkPDF 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_off0000f841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF841 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 9a02a4e10489068dabccb6c2385304810375c14e61b8be7e082f27bdc7171a2c
font_01_sfnt_off000122c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013add.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADD 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 2c2630ea101e71967c3c07faefda6d651670a7cf73ed41d3b397fed4438bdb21