Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6177730398c2a6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:35:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1778c7910c90dfd8cbcd7c58acc91bd0 SHA-1: 0b20ddd66736a79ac3b3cb2911d4ab7c6193a938 SHA-256: d6177730398c2a6dec519d3d7d85e95ec9d7abf641d695beeae5d3e4b3793609
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are identified as compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/zararazegotokofujal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/93686175637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/76682286341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd1491ed1c---70606535002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/ruvipofisazukasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/divagojupenuximokepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://form4concrete.ru/pics/cont/file/fatijosugunizojolotomowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/xijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b46f1c9785400b937bc1a2f6613aed7/99417392836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/41528725769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_1A1961F7720CB497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/99939359101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kotolantopeni.cz/files/30208517028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/pipadavebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqg9h66clbbp5r87dl7cnuvft6/gozujuropab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/repobejuzoxuxisijetuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11889870263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeloanz.net/images/e/file/84321653313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54b49ede534def7a2161845db2af8eb/munegaraluzipupumaxadabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/zefowaxefisober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b18265544---laninaziwapemepikutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/samoribejasasizadosubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signos.larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/81623481245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=i+would+be+honored+synonymPDF 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_off0000d0c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C0 10552 bytes
SHA-256: c7b2c70d61c4dc6054056f9502fcc47b5a4bb817820a2a72582d92bc61028e27
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A4 19472 bytes
SHA-256: bfa4e0456ec380d0792f9d5660b970a74b832a7ba934f5ebb7320890c5f70b99
font_02_sfnt_off00011c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1