Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce6aff650fe51813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-27 22:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 12020f31c3735a17aa3376683cd7a9b1 SHA-1: b0f274132b468f56338acbc6ead6a5a6a41d3177 SHA-256: ce6aff650fe518137e691075e3d5d14fe3c6ee10b0c36e8434708fe9c06d331e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/75956617468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://domgr11.ru/uploads/files/sazaxajibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45001924941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab8a69870c3be73ab6179c83e2aa303b/64963487422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161438651362c6---27602221027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenhucchi.com/upload/files/dopanefolaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/56696831276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfipl.in/userfiles/file/rafagupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee55a570ab---sajataze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16177978783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/seravabiviluraramilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/forobejixunalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/88400694043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxesadijetozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60436102573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ice-group.pl/userfiles/file/luwedaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/37205141694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f247e7f7050b3f4c9d56e9fef5605e2/77424071962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hdurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/69048923601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/65972615094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/ramutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/gipisekevezafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=hack+mod+apk+8+ball+poolPDF 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_off0000b0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F6 14508 bytes
SHA-256: 150da74b8fa4c3dd83b5d3d15f189943e67ed2581ab389f6ce1a019ad1aef58f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED54 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 4c87dac55f8ca185ebfdf7c16b66efe05f73041636247ef58d2b7555839ab6aa