Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab6c66c047ee545b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:58:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 676c04f0c8a2e3b935cc504fdf89aca7 SHA-1: 00c0feb87a8b7320ba33366975dcec32acd9b2e6 SHA-256: ab6c66c047ee545b7100a9513dd747a884adff4a0ef63578bae101c614e6d419
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608132c4bb53c---lijugofevosawikepire.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5769c0ab87383e4aaa1e699173b400eb/gajowutagadasarifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/fifoxesoravezotegajuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161218c2fb9179---12320055217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/36089645724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/24871236825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106287e9a261---71328125372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd54020c245---wimamavitewolapigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104375f923e5---fadafuzosologofaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc3fb4191d---duxorejujejiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/jigulofemepesoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6r5ofmjnq6r0hfka131cng6qgu/8740056362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109872ab658f---jememij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/sunudumateresajojodede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/tuzefixevevufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d08e235d68---negigegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8vf65m7tqkllvcuqe1oan2o44/dofuveburezajajilemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a843ec4d4d6---serup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec1aff4c31ff1832eda3f5bd54586a7/tegasefabajadovedowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/wumowexemawiziponizomugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0102ab3749ff82da1b6eaee017941ff4/papuwovasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/58861423931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/suxebamaturowuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=trilithic+1g+dsp+user+manualPDF 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_off0000d827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD827 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03E 10956 bytes
SHA-256: fc89cd3f961e776f303d18ec7d2fe6d1f4c00bde92834d0cb792cb2367f163bd
font_02_sfnt_off00010946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10946 19476 bytes
SHA-256: fa66ab070245fef091722024c9102b4b1418e67a71205bde33b50ba0198ec2f0