Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6a1c9127bd90e64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:30:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5e337a3b8cc33da311454f6a1c35c9a9 SHA-1: 279d191818db1337342306835c9045530da0fdd3 SHA-256: e6a1c9127bd90e64b9b7923d9cbf4bc29336da6387ce7e5d8e62dcfe1e4e7fb9
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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user to malicious sites, while the link farm aims to obscure the true destination and increase the chances of a successful compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp3pnkjlgmijhcbeltjsuvirg0/finusunimivowaxofon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uniquestatues.com/clients/9/91/91c6e204ee4529d3b478b0717040545d/File/velonelinevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551ae948a679e849ee07a6928d71c4c8/tiwezuwodowinifuvatimejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/89254600446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/63232206145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/misufotukuxapavekozezebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327d3cc0203---97941145879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837fa18fe71---84468811965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/78488156709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1amishc2fb.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15538237339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamotato.ro/userfiles/file/50687852316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210527053450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/komadutebegole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafivebuganewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/linizokato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfdedd3f403---ditesikaparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/2735480569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbac52e3e7---vumamalagogewabagolawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m9kfr1nubdm3erqna0l71jrkg/50913338808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16127fad8d2628---zobemetavupobapilideva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cba581c67b---87060695014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/nodapadanipewusage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/12377598812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/likosigajavujobilekibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07n8hmkhts55jdno6jus5m81i4/xuteputexizevaraveturikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a4da0875fd---tedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=form+600+visa+pdfPDF 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_off0000fc6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11483 10612 bytes
SHA-256: c2b584d8b2edbb50b3e7c8acae1225bb91105a170189d9eb53e2a13910d51799
font_02_sfnt_off00012cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC4 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 2bec86f7cd00c43123a1c0d9a58a876643b9bef4d0674827aa36f553336011e2

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