Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b4863fc7f6e336…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:42:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 325e062470a1b8b4b3202b819928e496 SHA-1: 8f6bf82fbc92b0de4e1d9b7e05cc3f5c0c402892 SHA-256: b6b4863fc7f6e33644b8118e7b48937ad9d61bb3228932ded06b294caba365e2
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 of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using the embedded JavaScript to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__611FF16DDF800.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/webotaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c7e4e953016b0c4350fe093fddc58f/gadixenobatobuxuvizedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/duparapozugogiganeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/dijukipuxumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewerowomufipibatilabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e8fbe520fdd58f92f612d7d6381ee5/64712627608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/sibixofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bfbc95a60a65a2954e5a554bc625c0/gonugigugokokudapipubojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog/file/xorosopamabesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e1b30b30c---35254492566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b3a2ed68a---53607310761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/25547093695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c25ae4c67d---fegobewasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/81515377328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30195763661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/65110467299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/29553560169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30004985358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizikowopowubuzefefilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retanokusiwamexakosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f47d16b4956---88838064512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ff3b3c71b---82594709859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/62922058824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=indesign+magazine+tutorial+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_off0000fb7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11390 18436 bytes
SHA-256: a8cb8f88b7018eba980ab2d55cabde1a9099a304247895bf8b56602d84f332c5
font_02_sfnt_off0001436d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1436D 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 37e93affb3e1be4835ea0c8d857c7850e9644928e3e26b68a54440662dc4702e