Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6b67f3fcebe0005…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1fe4c2258b7ee7de28052f7d62fb2070 SHA-1: 9e72b1c37a14c3c358b1af920cf6f543f8ea1e92 SHA-256: a6b67f3fcebe0005da5cafa814d39ba87781b621d306f0ca8be42cbc8e2f3ab0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure using a screenshot to trick users. It links to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30a90793587948e0764a7b8b6c306943/ranusemuniwezamatukoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/1490518039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/41257300835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/jasugejatitewupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppe.everybodyisnotdoingit.org/gift/userfiles/files/vefogidopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psycare-spb.com/userfiles/file/16952854530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/favalukeroruzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/79487897636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapakunited.com/contents/files/41598544781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addisonplaza.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/79431459819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centaur.vri.cz/docs/files/86158796623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/66011664076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/xajabusutonabekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/zunenakivukokoxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8203596134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakesoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/50320157050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5fb1bn9gk00e0pudpb61jfv0/36429952793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43154244295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e35547bc25fa998da3184f707e87f0d5/mimisejezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/554dee20b40897a6250ac097fcf2df0c/82155076198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezigovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/47822661876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=paranoid+tagalog+meaningPDF 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_off0000b05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB05B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c86d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC86D 13732 bytes
SHA-256: c4f1ed0ae7b53ffd56ac32c1c6397b98a9fc92de1356cf68360d5ca21e3294bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA86 10424 bytes
SHA-256: cbc359080a5f574b239813c51709e015b1f7249ed506b4217a9249ffb87872e9