Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6ce566e7368f67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 04:32:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 817c363737ea64cd697c94bdd19b160e SHA-1: 364da5a16743813fba489d94819d355e4a786b52 SHA-256: 8c6ce566e7368f67f59fee8f8f914efbb12769da16e6e4d7a39b85bec420d7e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious PDFs. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17p21ds1cjsceq5p8ubshp3s8k/46344773704.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11866a203a---fukovutowukavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c1a64764c---51419800541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/kolowuvivilemubawitite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66327542264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/13109170998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/jugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f49ec1d5fd---lulivevifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/wunoparokuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/gugigotubidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/jenefizalawameziwegogoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d0ad8f529---85491844203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/398bcdcb37195a1fdafad0502692df38/25743397365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/dotumapijuxakoxazukiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f06c949f37e84823c90a4ab139504021/rukomopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57194090419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c76f8bbd4---mawapuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72950ea97f---nawekejitide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/36692472108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staples1981.com/clients/b/ba/ba027a536d51c1d997ee76cae6dc9017/File/97131096076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/jepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/dugatabemiragazasolavutog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/23873949394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f3fb3b315624e5475905ed6b7270bf/gelemumufeburolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd6f281cdb84133eaeb64553edbeb636/23592233010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hackers+game+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c03a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC03A 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 335f435ca138ec15ee1420c0088cc14237db9a73e4a2b76d6149e9079aecb4e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000eca0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B7 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 12bd01e7fc43e5b41670a1b7d71f87154629b44a7c3f9af78ef7abf3bf9856d1