Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a6f147b03d13397…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b25f379a2da4618950b8c2b54dcb0864 SHA-1: ba6f537f16cd85a57a1eed52d5f546114929e3a9 SHA-256: 1a6f147b03d13397d09f389fcdf156345ec3723a565d55a804b2fd1706d739ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and acting as a link farm, strongly suggests a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transportation+engineering+1+textbook+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11782756c9---79057725161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2c27a38f430f95c756276dc333ba60/vizurekoxavosajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/wuvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbaatebo1lkb3cvbnnr2qrrpnc/3200439974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f4e0408636314d06e9c748ac554e61/soduvosowupamiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robodom.si/files_vsebine/wekoriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/denemowugimaledozaluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/paliwimipuziburegeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/562a55f76cf72f875282926577b7a2b7/84845204641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefuramuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/55785327170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/543ccef09fe23ee1c70261f22832171e/26514795020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108052125139622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/gefurufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cad60fd977d15918cab64f450fe5784/jexevomazetelizadugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifetukuradawokesaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210730002854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72166910479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb3eab157d---jowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610005a905087---poxisefudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/22250671395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/49286452422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/25814527838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/83421966046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac823abb547---29660172882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/53692108190.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_off0000ec72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC72 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 6c8a463ceb8116cec883d40a1248d81d41046068eeaa14810fedcce5cb1f0b31
font_01_sfnt_off000105b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC4 18956 bytes
SHA-256: e42b54202f3494f3bdc5104c9a2b8d094d5e3479fd29f88c5db180413338e276