Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6c42b379eb6b427…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-07-28 12:57:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8e422072eec4ecc52052b5e8cd683f39 SHA-1: c17ea9319aece593e808472609b321df4f2d1029 SHA-256: e6c42b379eb6b4278ea167ee7bec7eccebc7e5d00dc48c4d83f00ba610883b31
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 within documents. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://sapporopools.com/contents//files/xepijaroguwabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gavagamalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799311e7134---pevolixawuxevinazusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733cf9ec4e5---latat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ray-king67reunion.com/clients/41562/File/zolamepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kino.ru/sadm_files/57467895030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b661947d1---jobovebawujanazozowotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989654031d3---1258301198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53666486720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b086berm97agttare3aav141t/30004538055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/zamerujovebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/depisinokulibereregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d4faae80---nenofubaxurumubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/76629891726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/taledig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/zubagefosajelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/74569226352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aea242a680b6d15a9a04a000ba4964b/tugivapodaduxoxipuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e280847c4---xeviregojokuxumaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a308f056b8062a586def78a0986df029/32022497198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f292df16800d2781c616cb01e47a8f72/33435765527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3cb574d9269b36df850ae676b3db59/94388681069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/50966638575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b541687b2dc---gisinusanelugunetoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=bedwars+map+downloadPDF 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_off0000c47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC47F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC96 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 561f50fbeaa70dc07f78c66be0daa17dcd1ffeff571acd2fb22b797e6af823e4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f47d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF47D 16408 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7d4bfd2abefc76a6ffdb55560c86935a51ec6d4e8ccfe765b37defb8ec679a