Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e97634371960b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:52:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 450dc2fdac2cfadc3384b552a8910d6e SHA-1: 8d18431dd41a62741375f83f969e2b71dc29f65b SHA-256: 6e97634371960b6aee4702f514ad977fc053c8013ac7f861741993c265631bc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve to obscure the final malicious destination, which is another PDF file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ies+exam+syllabus+for+electrical+engineering+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/818249295d52be33e34c1297c74af117/judexutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfljs8lj2g93n99hudn6vbbt5p/97292065950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd75c3694---wiminifibubonakesusufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a134cc74df---tevosozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/miwisokanumijelojuwixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/sisogumukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5fe8a32687f0bcc7071eec2b08a127/bixurapalafesikifojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/burafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b20dc0316---vadorozakam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e442d895e735fc3b4dc28cc5c810495/24067805216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be78ed7b65f---69493318428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/gerozuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7fd7c98425---netimelolonezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2273a610a5---26762608385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk80p0ia6d41ikmgjote5jcoup/topusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/zuximoxemesave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/141125552012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98104219245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021610314281337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c035a6011---rubisuxogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/73077951426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/51577573148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe90e5e891c415e5b81664e74872578/kukijanirijevafokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/95638288498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaa0ee8275---selopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b4f8ec3dafc7d169756367c35260f6/67467278749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e9e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E8 17188 bytes
SHA-256: d7e196696350f875bc28969c6cfbf49939227a3ead7f9852c0d07bb538419b2e
font_01_sfnt_off000116f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F9 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 06dd50c927a0caba53ffd7ad8e956610b530440afb1a018737080f2035ce4c7f
font_02_sfnt_off00013161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13161 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1