Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6f35a669d0b17c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:01:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 971124a14d091088c6ec7efccb4dc64c SHA-1: e042778e80fa49867d3acf46cbfe3f9b3e7d3612 SHA-256: e6f35a669d0b17c4c8709c8ab39aaae1a774da755546f1a5e7b499bf3ae6f643
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics indicate the document uses a browser installation lure and presents a download button, common tactics for social engineering. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad5247fc557f4f50d6624051bdd461f/5707345963.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/kiduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/89695534765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcity.hu/ufiles/file/jamabilubukisalitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/1211496015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/69957721309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lgassociates.in/uploads/77035741865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_236539706F665C50.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a8d5495cf---tipozepareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/xexavorujuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/kelewelokubimeropibukidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/73026638930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/98840970811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/lopalilovipoxifikivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/26910329514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/fabelegeruzikogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72948377500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba3c61cb551b1f96ef3c01d089a3b28/fukelilefisedezivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f91b962866---zajojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomnuocebara.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/15955910412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210910162301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/24334510432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322edb85905---69606416529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvolodin.ru/upload/file/wotunapisaxobozileget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=chromecast+plugin+androidPDF 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_off0000c02f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC02F 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 08f7543786490e7bd28daac0e92e1423924b1d47cab061c5333177cbc0c3b5d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C2 16712 bytes
SHA-256: ce024cb41640b2f56d74dc6f934220ce78c8df58f37b8a7d723b9f4161e1cc93