Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fcc3f9ab91627c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:21:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 643ea7b3ab3faf408c91d4c0dc113d1c SHA-1: 5115ee821d53583fa5b331c8c460e29fe75bb72b SHA-256: 6fcc3f9ab91627c13f30d85361fe61fb9c1e0792fd4568793f9afddb7a45e070
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, which is likely a phishing or malware distribution page. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=point+slope+form+to+standard+form+calculator PDF link annotation
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37f7c74e8aa1bef38c4087cce5db9117/76922878956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e928c629e---85750947404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/jepedoberexidomafojuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aada37202bf---52982186299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c675b88c2892e1550d073aa7dd9d9aeb/33126347247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20593271838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccf94d9404---xetaturopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b770707c629---gaxupalufilawuvenosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/bovegeduzojararozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/93563300401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bok7uap10orr7ncqfusp0cg3m7/bejiwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/33602861353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0e83mperkhpa2v0pg7ikogtef/liratatimabovurabevajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed526l09c7bukpa2vigtjr1ji6/tagafuwizurilesokigagutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/kegivulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/24081343073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d427a3eb52---womezutikovomezuxobabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a01952fdf55786f767d28c503cc4943a/30914542886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca57f80e38---59507535015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/xawedejopelafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/lamafibaparixozujewuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-06-27/images/files/96633575237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d4e1cd9b6---90972184979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/xafefaxiluteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ec63f0711ca9092c9ef0d85d135c7b6/tujijubusakonipedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfgvmbvuspfa9i2hddu7gh3tc2/74866893233.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_off0000e959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE959 18048 bytes
SHA-256: c3c0cd7cda62d2545a12d06bd3068384ae9ebb6cf9c9cb37e40e2e4bf632b829
font_01_sfnt_off0001191a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13131 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 90140eaf059114453442a219581437bdbda0832a54c0dbdfb828861880338a9b