Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6bf56ff9eb6fbcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:49:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 36bb3bd9ee3aebae23fd6d644fdffd2b SHA-1: 526dafb04c477627f5978f4de234f22734275af0 SHA-256: e6bf56ff9eb6fbcdcd70b22f2a56af51d81bc861ad5c3f1de1a2804e0df6ffae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm hosted on such sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://artside.org/data/temp/file/3115492683.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/19994357021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609274385ae50---39950285911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/xerebufewogogavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/26370415853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8df27f1cf9c2648962570d012e1d55c/43615801789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/74802379719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8395553e872cbda1d7ec38d2ab729ff/98875977326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161136da2a4d31---48284712050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/37171148696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/pesiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef3d9484d7---lenakeripofatijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5aac85433598f81ec363aa26c23d21f/10661056401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/bujedisasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/18239415135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/pelerazefuxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77707087995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dztechfin.com/upload/file///69980796367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/lukedaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39a25037c7---nowoginegofebaruxakafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4df3b44058---39283911066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/mabuvokuxapidiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/94521867154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esllearningbydesign.com/app/webroot/files/file/vumasuvenugelamesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7r1kgavk6a9od02mgfd3k2ki5/jitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608346daed16f---90551664660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/65523884294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=data+nominal+ordinal+interval+dan+rasio+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_off0001063c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063C 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 67ef78858e7842994c5df38eb63c47634f131cee65d110d15bd2dc913b7187e9
font_01_sfnt_off00011eda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136EC 17800 bytes
SHA-256: caf002c592b648e664060445a170096f7c0e039474c3078a3bbdbcdb0a3b0eb1