Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6bab31f99501d8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 750abd1c41090ce68734a006c5b42a00 SHA-1: aeccb960b5de2490bdd38e1bd7066bbc8f723ae1 SHA-256: e6bab31f99501d8d15b83018d5ea18349e4954459ab8d82a2af41f3da8a517c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites. The heuristics indicate it's a link farm on disposable hosting and potentially a phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=punjabi+movies+2020+full+movie+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7f5db588c---fugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajuwisolagawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaycafe.vn/uploads/file/75983729526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giaynangchieucao.com/userfiles/file/54569743891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aa9339bcaa5c90fcc4bdc8e004cec73/mixuziret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/11008728855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/dukutula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5081307321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66401481039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impeka.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/55932422165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2198947eb671d0d78498b409758ff8f5/88649956749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/36659504768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/64230181726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerexpo.alljobsinliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifilatowinutalaxefiniweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/begoliwumesonikekoxesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63396868475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/81011585812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/9999155323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/74015987156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210909134506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9a77c26f2---14045026995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/64099362003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29309928015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/54970845773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/winiwijajokeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fuchingrading.com/upload/file/ruxuvokemilopidife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 396cb8dbe31601d4b61df8a4e3694d3338291ff55563d2b045c277b51d8914a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D4 16780 bytes
SHA-256: f54f723490b00ed5f8c36562ba805e960000fc907a98e0f6d04838d0817d774c
font_02_sfnt_off00011538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11538 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1