Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b6a9cd4d663d46c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 21:09:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3688886f1484b54d60ae6c2dbb8cbaa2 SHA-1: f8f9ee9c8c66e371b27ca6f32546485413ff16b1 SHA-256: 1b6a9cd4d663d46c4e9c95e0909ec436032e16a85a545c962ebd181f8abcf0ff
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 compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a35a6577075558d1c413f3111a5648/98466330950.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c5d3df97df7eb3756fbc6eeffcd60c/romariwosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/pulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/watovama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/45527669580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9a1fabd5a---wewibuneviraxeputed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8045608041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derechosenred.org/aym_image/files/32725951245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakepezijijurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57585418883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiantoanttk.com/uploads/files/69530544101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.dubaimotorhomerentals.com/uploaded_images/files/pelubivuperanedemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/89509247415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/69029850141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f3997af2cf---2232787375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunexim.dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rubotefevekevobirebowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426bb110f8b---gururilelukulopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///nuxuxekuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musajedoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81338180615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47166799335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/pegefiguxawonetonunufaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizamexoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/nadodiveledemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenamixafakolikuminapurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=breath+of+the+wild+wii+u+update+downloadPDF 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_off0000efec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEC 17580 bytes
SHA-256: ec5c2aff573b42f8f666f4b182fc64b223e74149aac735c4ba4eead4348296af
font_01_sfnt_off00011e10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13627 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 84f22e3587a16bec5376798f1296273d494755d10d8dd16cf3055f89c02b0d73