Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 006fbde98a752605…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-27 14:08:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a1ebdf24daf1c34a2b8ae1c62f563a9f SHA-1: 4c02c1a37c8e4dc85416082847c3a256db943c66 SHA-256: 006fbde98a75260549ee01a6fcc912c5f6434c6c13175e74888cdae489718cbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=email+resume+letter PDF link annotation
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/mulepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23726037006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/60006739254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210910004703_klhl6l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/20039494165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/vefogesufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33499483530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/14818355122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161505e80c1552---wasovinoxaniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seychelles-resort.com/images/blog/file/63266362187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/39622557117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/zamipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/jezitifupodepelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b0e4b6fa76---49866463907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55218047641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea11586e53---zevuxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e86183b718c23648e1b972cb5b27de/78843915378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/wulalomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/25078527853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202109041528156763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/rabisebafezatiraxutujinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/senoladifagafibonezelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/30589699558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393d0d283b6---getenekukedugaso.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB306 10128 bytes
SHA-256: f2367b4b60dc0be3781046fbfe5c4ba0591b30be4142e177c5bc240bdb1c42cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000c99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99D 15868 bytes
SHA-256: c7a1d0056c362ddfcfb9f579b8c7d20b0e1ec19ec77d0f997cc676a9f6286e29
font_02_sfnt_off0000f242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF242 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1