Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6894f4bd9447eb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 11:56:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 07c466d0369323d09dc173f1ecd32933 SHA-1: 4dd0cb4e9d00c97b7586fbcbebb64ee695321979 SHA-256: e6894f4bd9447eb0c1297b455fbe1703f894fda02858035be140474fbb0d21a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple PDF-specific heuristics related to link farms and compromised uploads reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728f0b4e699---polorujugupaxitewug.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kthvip8i1208ecd937htn8r27/gopuviwidukinerovif.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06c35caa37d298cf3c55a9dd1d17abc0/saboforunotuzukonuk.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fdf74b8ebf610cae05e2597f7aa3813/gusatofitiwulizezuvema.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/gajoluzukapafigop.pdf
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/72713391915.pdf
    • https://cdpu.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61360a7b269f25f14f9b46517f39aaf/30148635649.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d7fcc4d5a---fijasodobafeguj.pdf
    • http://michianaorchidsociety.org/clients/2/28/2832e32407c795c8d28ffe68102aa18e/File/7940809467.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b11b404c82---30852464044.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c129e5ea08f---jaxiragodasegotabi.pdf
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c761884ee5---xiviladaz.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d4926fce---juzedoguk.pdf
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/lufadewitadufa.pdf
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/37155634766.pdf
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/kiliminajewovananumurozu.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092bd964b2f0---vekumepajabo.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8e6vruco11qukh9ovo2rbe073/25914206177.pdf
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/69264360149.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2e3a770cf---89801861640.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609028e34f776---20975909713.pdf
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/71501801737.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/zolumiposujudipixil.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=if+i+fell+in+love+with+you+would+you+promise+to+be+true
    • 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_off00011843.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11843 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001305a.bin
53d9a2f87800edbf3335645c7e4da38caa605d00ee5135e70042de95147eabd4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305A 11056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000149af.bin
b533eee0c097fdaef1ea47392bb057a9aed61eae8c14b0df82028d9f0bf0cb36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149AF 17020 bytes