Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6e177b0b3396568…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:50:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a6f4028e1df92342974b9c1035496225 SHA-1: a270efa50e90f5403a07b60c1d409534b4082260 SHA-256: e6e177b0b33965680694290b6011157e33435c2b5354353956e84606bf5b299e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites or potentially download further payloads. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grammar+parts+of+speech+worksheets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/riworetasareleruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb150198775---26735770248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430142638619542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37176106656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/nitofubunutitosube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080becc160fe---24372670320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/sekemukutebep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunopesoruzilimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/wamowime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/jukuderebakivanudevezezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikagulezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/levuwokodekato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd645e38b2---25382157537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/xevajoguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc9ekuv9hm5hafd6n63ctp7q2n/redorowujajazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/88502087670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/pokujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/kuruxaxaterudajovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/disivazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3357e04cfecda5650a3f1e94a3231fd2/83587374577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f55edc1a7c---55878488953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e800b4513d9---44707114143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/kivizazulagameva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2iss3cu8agrgll6a957v34pm1/48311508026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pm9c8fhg72hahv9rp8umcvqja/67250964578.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF13 10860 bytes
SHA-256: f0ca551084c77cf2c992bb883f438b8fa9ce6dc8e93fe128c65583d987e76072
font_01_sfnt_off0000e854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE854 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10066 22620 bytes
SHA-256: 8da6feebfd3d01803aab574484a94782a1a466b24e2de96eb55e0f6906419b11
font_03_sfnt_off0001383c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383C 1820 bytes
SHA-256: ef4c56b83544acc0eae329b123dcb13384a4443b8ee25b6b011fcec9f25c534c
font_04_sfnt_off000140c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C1 16104 bytes
SHA-256: 4204f4a647e3e8488fc3125e36d68471fcc515b787f7ef36a685bb1e406e82a7