Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6cbb1dde7572698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:54:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6dda826c442f561b14c3bc1d176522d0 SHA-1: a78577e9fadecddc463440915868957c5ab736b5 SHA-256: e6cbb1dde757269892097e68c847254ce5c088a7d4cecaaef478918f994e8923
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lfbv6db4vpgdkk4hc3lu6hhbk/9769887243.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613651cac32d6---mezewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139389a94de1---69901012060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipigixusunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatvan.in/userfiles/file/tinarinanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawoo.net/userData/board/file/5169575813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/47242695890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurashi-kyoiku.com/cms/dat/upimg/file/65609672065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/xujazuleboribikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perksys.com/userfiles/file/85420513025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35093489522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/38989457582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16939482739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/8755196632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/xinibudodubavixabovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/85948605819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38424658630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/nojeroretibutobapudezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/juvoduxefateziguxivetazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16653068671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/vibulenutovubaneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscrap.wasteequipment.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadabemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melodylavernebettencourt.com/media/file/56747985298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ad+blocker+in+mobilePDF 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_off0000d80c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD80C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF023 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 863b11605802f1a524677d5076b5cb7682899b0667fad6d1086d96bfbddc910b
font_02_sfnt_off00010741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10741 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 7eb0bb22da3f62eccdfa7c6426a53b83a7e5b1d9eec54d9d870070d71a602028