Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6324c8789265d6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 16:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cb8da84316ba13934de9103d2655473d SHA-1: d4fc267604e8158c475ff68f5d336d3999178a20 SHA-256: b6324c8789265d6c6ee2b74b6bdea457ad60c27bc21a7d351e6c8e89902cf4df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation, while the link farm serves to obscure the ultimate destination and spread the malicious content across multiple compromised hosts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ed3985a34672efd06da52ba68df25cb/kuxaxaruwatipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857382c555d---jefejozumotidizemixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://folientastaturen.pl/_data/file/xadobunepapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogh93tiasjvh4ha1kapa3bolld/kifekafusepabinokekafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/bopisojejasulopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/40335880577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c795739be8b---vuwobebinuriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/fonamudoxelunizarowesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajezomaxemimakodabawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a29otg6936mospssdi92enp65u/86720308757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9m29bgr3qu5lmecnv3mcjkegn/47559783052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qsu9ppjvklo42177cjl8vnb4p/80272168669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi31ogjidp6klkta1n4q7di0l3/25499442684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/33639334431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/56863743188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db176e9dd23---zepuguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/nowevibavudaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74fd257c73c2b2e40e1b018d8282536d/69492614542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210704075013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/76646742950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/50403403635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64kd6lnidb5adheb2ni041ik75/48049870190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///2021616718118656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb131ff8ea1939cc160c59c01155cb0/27012348486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=imagery+definition+literaturePDF 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_off0000ee73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10685 17480 bytes
SHA-256: acb09acef7a93a0298d737a44dc482d35b5541726d0c772e47a515cdec43e12f
font_02_sfnt_off0001341c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1341C 10692 bytes
SHA-256: bf8a1157e0476a1cb5bc86aee5a03510d4eb02c365b1a631c6567c38da2d28ed