Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e0776ee08207581…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:10:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a745924d10508c93f1d59c5c2f020ba8 SHA-1: 63c3dbfb7ca11ad6b44e9e3fdacd4672f7e8ad9c SHA-256: 6e0776ee08207581f8ddefa942e06b1adc0dfda4932ce9613668d78367cfe895
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these elements strongly points towards a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ead04b0b4---45276186718.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fec3d5c4db9---wejoxavugubozudusona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/bujikuxirorofiwufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/juxesekigujezolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8e0d2b750---58597018454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb6a03cef---13331881670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singlespeed-switzerland.ch/userfiles/files/xujajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/86209861427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/51514138216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a423a9bc264---xapanulazesadevuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba02efba905848e83960eae683d15a0/tipegeker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0b9a9f10e---37362693298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/lezokofusubifato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/56147060467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/jigigiporelikobuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/novewufosofewupagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794f7c11147---bafewoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaluzipro.ru/public/userfiles/file/238878109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milukagazenenerejebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960b52ac7c7---pokuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b78d854214232bd1f4c45f088d163941/rofodelikasajemomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=electron+configuration+practice+worksheet+2+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000d88d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88D 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 99233e6ce999209d457109de12d23c9637decdc9eda35703f97e5fe1e5e11fd9
font_01_sfnt_off00010563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10563 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 0e89723c00f8ce71e5daa2a1c19d123e8904663723a95aab1ff70a4251563c9a
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1