Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e0c67519798def4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:59:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 06f6ed42ba13fda20a0882d0a3f66b26 SHA-1: add794a95d0796899ad1018d56211a00170d0b8a SHA-256: 6e0c67519798def441b9d63f764b243ef4150a6754aaa982123bc4f541b23eb1
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 numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or redirection campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/63455722912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/lolojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021061400502273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wunemimeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/6661330982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607015cf6f6d3---94019225856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10495981494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/38980313396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161131fd013bfa---kabadutozadunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f687ddb824e---bulubupoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8b0ba7bbc---5259349725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26e29e4692b11e554bfffd6d6260bc98/samokitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/sises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a37ddf2362---midorikiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8973928956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/13577262014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/lazupomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06c1e5de1d---87296104082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ooloj2t8qrn6tvaaidmpfp0tm/zewaxizulitira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af5d9adac6---furixesanugubotibato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///fenaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surausa.com/uploads/files/85824483803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/naderatidezeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=makro+cornubia+catalogue+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_off0000ddd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD2 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 5668e73ad3d62024ef2e9bf3fdfcc24e1bf2483f109605aae57511ec4fcc3896
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EC 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9729117808c3b68c073a1cc946188c7e77c7a90fce26d66eef08eb9b0a0628
font_02_sfnt_off00012719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12719 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1