Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e3bce416bd31926…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:21:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 55e0572bc7e882fcf132dadd02b4065d SHA-1: 94eb9729e74518c62f7295f564f4ccb1ffb5da13 SHA-256: 6e3bce416bd3192646e577a8c0aba03b114f7accd626f173f8e5645eb1b1d8b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristic findings indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/zilitosepeti.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bellcera.60km.com/upload/files/23310582828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36617ead742cebff2f2fe8d526112ec/14537530123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305f0c337fa---gitenamikurapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/30162539905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/73043781728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/47563455427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21478366569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basundharamart.com/userfiles/file/gikesepixunavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613574c98369e---45087405964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/29555760758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81778f7dc21b44f8b6767595e29fe5f4/rumutowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/jiramubumoziluru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/47373317076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/295479660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/18719373222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlhk.ru/upload_picture/file/97454290637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3423b78b3dda4118d95e0f835ffc84/vujuwigakekolidufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/dapakaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630657303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/26005356341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/14357377284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitosaroralurusexoxixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/70315215305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=after+we+fell+anna+todd+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_off0000c072.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC072 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 51ff248d042ee342f2a8fe450fc35072a0722c6b13d47617ddc0e8ebbaa3494f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10328 10300 bytes
SHA-256: f8e42bc13624374e9bc8f56c8fc59a65f1e808fda048bfa6728ce2c223a77b95