Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06e983adc3ff3d69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:29:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ffbf54d72734ba9f9be381a038b8ab45 SHA-1: a8519ad2f52a367db53b7af7191900f6e634ec4a SHA-256: 06e983adc3ff3d69464152439ba3ceba64a1f3545a1a373127b35cdf1b8537c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://robbes.nl/media/files/68678429137.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/63634034909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e40fbf1f1---nirejanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/rimuzazebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/40520402388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a2ac73efd---xafojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/86134646832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117f99575c2a---88370557427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/75564320898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woods-china.cn/ci2/userfiles/files/20210624193846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzikejanixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f41cac02e---meduwenujuxovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/29056554809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/85739819003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafc67de17b---55168698329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/76882657112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800c2795c600920c5cd00381bba0e558/tojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/vaposiwoxujowape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/zepuwagisamerorukaxugoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/viwuzomipupapowejonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0knkjj6gosfbu06dnfs9g9v131/41052267314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/40533134987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/taxemosopepimakewoxopetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/kujobanovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=shizuoka+map+pdfPDF 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_off0000b93a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB93A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d14c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14C 18892 bytes
SHA-256: 1e541136a39ac6ecd00cf878fbe748a942e520a034afece4d72e198c78e4cced
font_02_sfnt_off000102e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E6 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 92fced473ab32180945d934de0e0c2bd15d1411a71128c6e279fdbbea19af876