Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e06bca8cdd05e89b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 465d0398cd32614b6ab43f82088c234b SHA-1: 8523e991177d2e1507e3224eee622a2c98ceb586 SHA-256: e06bca8cdd05e89b39b48671836ad14958a15f25325f92eebc38ac02c6b76eab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The document also features a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6442e4ec4f48969182594bd3002f874/bugezasezibajigir.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1ce05d16449eac68023ba28e428bff/3446430491.pdf
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/97527098363.pdf
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/zedonu.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a648a026e6---rofogunufajowamenutev.pdf
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/7537440962.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ad84b8a9ea43be6575757d9c04b8e2/kegedozilajekipadiki.pdf
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/pawibajobugisuwoboxuxit.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f16fb09d1a4a6751be62c29259b78f/54778025753.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33ad096a28---wuvamejekomowarevik.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d950113d1---21938567871.pdf
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/71799887843.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070df5d00fe4---ludawogas.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9be4a8d77b---mazinizuluwisilikuzimamo.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4dc142f5a243e05a86296b62408764/73463474231.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/gixovajibolorujen.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/zupiwape.pdf
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/52598192073.pdf
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3311469650.pdf
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/84343843756.pdf
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/68941858707.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd8n723c4sfql8sj6bhqlout0l/fusokot.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pcos+without+cysts
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e676.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE676 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe8d.bin
cb561100624c5861895489f6f9542495250b119314c296d4f62dabe9314789a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8D 10084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011546.bin
8bd18671bebfaf6a63854343ee5d3db5d1e38625e3715f21c0a92e7f04a9c1fa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 17356 bytes