Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6b1f8b15769417c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 04:13:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6c8c8f46b5c8aeebe40e4b97540d50b2 SHA-1: 65b68415d84ec322213171709cb45a7a11ddd16e SHA-256: a6b1f8b15769417ca7f5e6ca47db8785fc4036a4812a5f7797348fe6c77b52f6
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some pointing to IP addresses and compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a malicious intent. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' heuristics, along with the ClamAV detection, strongly suggest this is a phishing attempt impersonating PayPal. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to the phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+minecraft+accounts+2021.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/nefutakavexeniwer.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://premiersuli.hu/files/files/latimaduwatodemeninuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da6cf4f9648a37a2baf628481383728/bepagusiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/fetot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ddde0d83746450c767d989095eca342/pixezokilonare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/23204406875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearcon-eng.com/file_media/file_image/file/pisepebaxugojibepoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93137339524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee88d3287606f468160f3047cac10b07/wazoferuxunekexumodigawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jt5pipra9ciahg4gotmevus01/766130538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amanuttarakhand.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipepimumawenurugiteweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/zegonitepafuzivavozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog/file/84492093010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/76540015036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/46880441425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19460117178.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/8063032943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/71402975429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18367804457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/93968322237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/kurafunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/91662982185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/zidujoverojisesama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+minecraft+accounts+2021PDF 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_off0000da72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF284 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 28ce630777e1be0e7f9a13569ab74f7e09db2a94cfe3fc90d7d132767a598cc1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD2 10824 bytes
SHA-256: de44fe433b44418fae950f0ee03f9653f56ecb431cf271061c3f2bd824803a8b