Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6be3c8fe0a3deed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ae8bc93e0c30148c4e5739d3b21ecee8 SHA-1: 390de479b477e5175ad2eaf17a48e5c3ea292c17 SHA-256: a6be3c8fe0a3deeda6b38954eb2483bf97fc1341a589b5dff899c01c32bf8f99
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is designed to mimic an invoice or payment request, aiming to trick the user into clicking the malicious links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the exploitation process, leading to further stages of infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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=tipos+de+comprobantes+de+pago+sunat+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52e0176756c78f1636be9520837ad54/98932690380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg9nht6d5cott17biink92tl5e/47122789897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67884273989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/72800430574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/vamakuwakuzisudijijuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/susofisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobulabogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okudshava.ru/userfiles/file/vitapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d79c3ad9f4---51550939445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54a794e7eabd1c836ead0bb0f5210662/17399499904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e353edd4304c5932d36419ad837a2c/94756806872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/modugowutenemarakinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/befujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb8abc1a5701eac43edaebf06e9631f/ruxiruworowuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmarinreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0747301521b2fcd71a0106c9132c7e7/File/21709677332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b1d5bc2e1---wabivawobujifupawapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb01ac2ee1---ropibosipukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e31447549769c486d0ac79bdcd2e0b5/fokusikeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog//file/mudanulezizoxuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogananatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/xusanobipiromivajefonasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents//files/50206628931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09a09a33e042dd40b9f2649414e6633b/vizuwusi.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_off0000e77f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77F 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 8a640122fdfcb214bee14be6c591a2a8ba43e92d9270f81a006e9699d5a34f84
font_01_sfnt_off00010109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10109 18740 bytes
SHA-256: dc54e38056bd5b2f35694b3955950907f452c862a61508c8ee622a3ff0ed8f6e
font_02_sfnt_off00013001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13001 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1