Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 938a6dd1e6ee3818…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:44:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 46ff43d781f88b016ed07cd5580c943d SHA-1: 9d78f6647e31e16319c6cee4eb55544cd635297e SHA-256: 938a6dd1e6ee3818d23e4f45d314441fce28d9e8633fa4608dd699582bea3e70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0vogk34n9ee0vgaeliqkd9ld4/2281989.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///4632420935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/famolijonojilale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/wasagopipazegezugamuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93999253072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklep-pinokio.pl/web/uploads/files/nojafopobupuravapalegaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8a819c585---40926905090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/26159281527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.fr/ressource/site-image/files/2415814968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/83397347282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89315622532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/budofuduvixorixixupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpenterstouchnj.supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/59124151834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/34089620047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/xazifataxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipovujugorasirawepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138870c5f66e---pulolefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/folagazegusizufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuivaivietnam.com/uploads/files/7831962049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/xawapimomejoresukujobupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pewatunogodewer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/22182506728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=snake+eyes+2020PDF 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_off0000d7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E7 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 63aa193c161efb100cd5a27fca2ec335b9727658b325a65c4754e76b3746e96a
font_01_sfnt_off0001079f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079F 10168 bytes
SHA-256: 1041cb5d497fc4e766d2329ebdf4e418a2c809756bd5e252c2a143f578c9ee1c
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1