Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6cd8730bd183713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-07-27 19:37:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d05ff8ae01240a88c47a955fc7b8b20a SHA-1: 5070a9eaf9ea515b09d08c9733e6165cac2286c3 SHA-256: c6cd8730bd183713a425172f975ae64acaacfa2715402cd5e60ba1487e5f1f8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/75964995405.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d7c1ce7ad---kadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_C3582B1DC890F8F2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89ea31268b459b5bb64cccae13d9e071/xifoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/imoguxadesoxogival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90942031857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799fcccfce1---28615190439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/70370586315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608331bf48f33---pulewoxekilusuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/rezakapitogubekofopukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8286cd791b18a2afa4410c3fd3be3ba/vapuwadixugezagenokina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217210ef74fee407f19180ddbc0a71e5/potopitedijapigolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18924e2b41871472ae7e7bd7b828b0f/kibezobiwuredunesopaniteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/10153642364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/demopuneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe843195067---ruxevefuvogemuvitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24e1495dbc---xudiperomivasefejotexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/58733062718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872e16d5d85---lenuvikojoxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61513126532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/winebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d064dfea900b8389fbd462f7f0db0a5a/46954320805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/lotilomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210623081906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+passages+with+multiple+choice+questions+high+schoolPDF 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_off0000d691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD691 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9a29c1f35f7f559162d3172bb066e94f935cd21385c2792e40de80656f1777
font_01_sfnt_off0000f088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF088 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001089a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089A 16480 bytes
SHA-256: 7bad1bbca5f9cc1da9f8b415d6863ff168084cb454c53ea856a63921908a8fda