Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6af7ac0945b7b5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5ac0b54b0ecb26dc5265383dcef99de6 SHA-1: 7063ca6d930d543f770f1142cb6464f9abdc8fc4 SHA-256: b6af7ac0945b7b5d3025c2b88726cece5999111f6195e1888f5443a1dc8e40f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host malicious files or redirect to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aldak9eqqi5k3k23m4vo0sglc3/99068147871.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/gugorovivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/55373118469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/jomiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb55b8372d95a3f1716a9f941c16cb9/91260784995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///pivimagafifesosexosipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d149db947df514c84933468affaf06e/94451129351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/torizinukafuvumejimoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/tideferedam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/posup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/94915256743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f17f98c7d---renuvometuxiwofezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517bf79194beda3c64be17bee9e74d4e/1818881028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/denonanegefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/29289332656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78406de52---gurimakaxurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ustb1b269igialr9popr778lmu/pedabotowomufutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/dejumuvegabonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210620140610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/81808172003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3t10gp3v3cgmcrr7lpnkhmhnl1/xerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de624bd6e231e3714030ab7c851d96d6/93071300777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=english+text+book+class+11+pdfPDF 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_off0000b734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB734 11168 bytes
SHA-256: a68c9e44270ba389e734bd9758f9d54b29a703544f4618d69a14116471d884ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0DB 16604 bytes
SHA-256: e7830776197a0b89d0d79f72fa399abb6eeb8f82f7963511f7054694e4e59b20
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1