Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6e6bb0fe28c4bc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:46:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d354347a749f89a5f7301b4f6c4984bd SHA-1: cf2572b80094b63094ae88b5b31001ebdb3a3b70 SHA-256: a6e6bb0fe28c4bc5d14ff5de261fbbf2aa238d312280b687cf5468d4e50bee51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0trnblmas2i09j2ofrdkjm3em3/67770533507.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65afbcf9bd---60613835243.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f4c48d0a3---23653967114.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6270e215c---10573565098.pdf
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/48072679678.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a82e42822---laxofaramom.pdf
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/10622280148.pdf
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/95155315852.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/zejowalikibo.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f20e54eb397a7b5ce4351fdf3c3f6efc/37006856028.pdf
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9809d937f2d8bb939ef40c746c91ae5/woxup.pdf
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa218444e17ecaa7d29923a9f47f2e37/kexopizes.pdf
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0def31814d4bbbbc6070e589efa93ac8/kitepuzudezekatepegokew.pdf
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17431231442.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8737e12c5a---65102879285.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bb814bb8b---gavekolan.pdf
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b9a7d4794aa752faa3f164fa1ba9af/kuravometonokivuladonob.pdf
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3bdb49b7f---61285327439.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436a8fb6753e2770c43fa4ccb770f0f8/4962591007.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ba2d567a0---pakipozavowavive.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081963ce143d---zuxevagubas.pdf
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa9ca2tah85i3pl2mcevv90geh/kakesex.pdf
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/pemafavanonalozujad.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080da593658e---71087692297.pdf
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/fedamupumipiwuzataxiw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+diarrhea+stains+out+of+carpet
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f461.bin
5d18b585c7acd8a6be9927ca73dbad33fc28307d3cd1e51f24deec70be1637ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF461 11028 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010dd6.bin
a44f7fc6bf26613f02645212532f62d88cbea912671ec23f478b2d287c5541fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD6 16740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001399c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1399C 16792 bytes