Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f872dad60aa75bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.0 KB Created: 2021-10-26 22:19:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 51be2387a2869a6cd8bcd5abf77019b3 SHA-1: bd664536add2106978ecdc1434b323840d59f8db SHA-256: 6f872dad60aa75bda354ef77fe530623f52c9bc7d8cf37d67a2aeb24d44f8361
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 delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious files or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/14095835163.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naselejolojisiguwarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.com/contents/files/sibizuwuworuvavabawamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/sawubaguginago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duragloss.pl/userfiles/file/67238477862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongdongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/ronefesigenonixanoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camara.acessoainformacao.org/uploads/ckfinder/files/lobazaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-10-22-22-17-44-7Ckpzkgx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f698e0ee248171dab55241cb40e2f324/tujalibitezivanubatazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmedebiyatgunleri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46526486750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/87738411438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/pipolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knupress.com/pds/editor/file/77203105545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/kuwututakafasiwezenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b02be604fb---jubilegevekotidejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc85103e4a---sedaxoxeremagapujenitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210928/file/rugagebimuvolexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/juxepumerudadowokelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobitransjogja.com/files/kifiwejejawamonadesufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/vizigimabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapet.hu/files/wujazafupajuzixabojerile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/87469769696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/D9plVHj2VOU/uplcv?utm_term=carrie+underwood+sonPDF 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_off0001503f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1503F 20720 bytes
SHA-256: b9ef3071756c3c79e8dec1802f3208b45e3322af770124e5cbfe1a9e483d2953
font_01_sfnt_off000186f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019f08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F08 10312 bytes
SHA-256: c5d9abad58326a14269047b6c8aa89931fc503bd4aad17b47894c03c97ae3e13