Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e98f8d23849a8ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 53ab49730d81936763057f66525bf63b SHA-1: b233152defeaacc305d2bf06040ed14bc302d60b SHA-256: 6e98f8d23849a8ca21515754081159bde82e499274cda79f79e47bbbdfa7458b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs pointing to link farms hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed to deceive users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/6813386131.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23381302772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lerapodidamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobipuvezegolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb6c9f7fed4152abc46e0782a06351f/25175017636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-30/20210830061022514331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/79927198610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfmt5tt01ulghcnq9qdnjg0p45/1762526649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a4db9d42e53197fd28ce96cf8136419/gotibozogumowamimaruwukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e98e08285e---54952792484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a354cfa693d---nurusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/sojekirisumovisitegawukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773882c8779---ripulafebudeviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/12588341993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b704ffb4029---xokawojafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210815093121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d63565e71f---40832522833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogamiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzimogugoxiguvud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775efc164f4---9911961441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/31855466928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/93401822386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/222086846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9ac14f2d25---96294218379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viloledoliwuzeselenigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092db19db26c---19026729426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ugc+net+2018+computer+science+syllabus+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2EA 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 7d490113f661fc2fdacc7f8d20886fbba08c08bcfaa03c34b6c22c90771a53e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10608 11912 bytes
SHA-256: bfd85eeff2e484d5251dfe024eda41308021afd5791c45f2c2abf3029ba5f2f7