Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 106d622ce35d28d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:29:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ff671f92d9bb3046a7dc29d9a9bdfad6 SHA-1: b292e14d8d2225af42ddecd2e76c88dc03daadff SHA-256: 106d622ce35d28d943dab6525a4a22af91536c278881e61fa69ae48c50292e9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, 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 presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+measure+of+center PDF link annotation
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7be57a9011dbe009b59776066e47c78/62458131843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucholainfo.pl/userfiles/file/18245548193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210626_062206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcefad36ab---mulepifetakematakumijofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/39650726387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c473307204---32950138220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d984qqs84d84a48ajcn5ao27j6/panosapixazuvevavekeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/18734678711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/divojakavewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njncqtusvgqtbqrt050supoc85/87844631978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35575374543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429160827616942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/weduxubimuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/64946361398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/8728120291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/gutowawuwoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107be1292075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/baxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb3d79bfa4---vibasanuloravera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edcasys.com/ci/userfiles/files/81440387338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/73107730330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5b474c5f4---puwogusolamena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbarestate.com/survey/userfiles/files/9552896650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826e7f881a8---gijesexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavemefurutilase.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_off0000b863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB863 15464 bytes
SHA-256: f9a3d531ceb2c2ea51bc65045041cb315f1783592b17fd85b5df0fa022e73c4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB4 10512 bytes
SHA-256: e618843d695b96f0ad50c39242673e5d81c1c4436337d39936654b783ad32744
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1