Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 006984e9f568e853…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:47:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1d98bab21ec34677278777f9d320dac3 SHA-1: 42e9bcf6340200b125ee9019bfcd12b75c5511a7 SHA-256: 006984e9f568e853942801f81b7845a703d5e34d529eaccaf42582bdffc22f25
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm, a common technique for SEO manipulation or distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d52af28c4---87617877977.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.at/upload/puvidemelaluronawokobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5e72dc161---pomavasejabegerirabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5c4b854cb---62061987745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superbarter.sk/media/file/jaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210623141954945655rwf2ci.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itl437isup4tho153q6fbkpfip/jegutagagugipadaguteta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/leminabaxibegujaremamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85909761930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29734256332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b305f598d0---95940986541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c20671fba9bf6ad4d92d1319981dc5/lifigavugikubekofoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210725054927_g6gpui.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125cfd76e527---sufegoleguzamebuwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubokonekovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/30690676170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbm4h1brod3p2c74lf1fqo3e8q/28382009456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729174cf6a6bb716ac60526ec8d902cd/vapazabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/nuwolodafakepezozarujiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/vebaponuwipufenitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f60cf0fdc40351aab047c052689e974/filagazizazifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fv62fg0ahbplveurjatk7a6f7/dajejufodede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/40178969887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyy.cc/uploads/file/1628996352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+find+the+x+interceptPDF 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_off0000c6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C9 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 191104499fa6f65c376a458c634bd81013790be9b175587919a8b5a161ed78e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D3 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 5254c8a6018ff44796c08d573a3e7da606b09e9b7cd54233bd2565e5be04484f
font_02_sfnt_off00010bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1