Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6f8d9b7e19237e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:46:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 12d1fd01cabbb8beacad63a94deff979 SHA-1: 2abe26e4a7797af1b61d7d559c24bf2783ca7726 SHA-256: a6f8d9b7e19237e8e7064e75b1c88874cd5750454d09f8d8300b94e7b1cfb949
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to obfuscate the malicious links or initiate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=craftsman+26+electric+start+snowblower+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eae8e9ec8d---sogunuranirulojura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210827101452_4fgys6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/memonofetevovepurinovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/tezupupojukorenegideduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e68momo.com/shopadmin/upload/files/zoragokokuwokinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b227bc65bb637cf17a1f28f1dc4fa173/tivigiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/lomufumobuwejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/42137834965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/055249e6a616b97cade934d3e94c4b1a/satikezugutafutuginek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/domupobimoxedoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b18b6b9efac1474aef8ac77ad9ce1ea/mukexepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827c2fb181a---20408921863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedanoterojigililopaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/busalelomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46989999095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e07ea8538d---gebepufigifaxemonatejule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607576fe7c07a---babiwove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/67602826410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89844904c085b7d86a4c4a718200e87/pijejanivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/jabibujinubekamamikiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/464291569.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_off0000b5e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5E5 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 17d561cf2d3ae5e8c0ca009cb7dd0ae2aad20ce2fce3b3cf052a30b07870c684
font_01_sfnt_off0000e228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE228 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 3c669bd8022efac0cfbd22bb720644370f721ebf8258c3ea0e7433749453c825
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1