Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e6b35e58ebc2564…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 22:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d664da48bbe68967f1e087a6480729a3 SHA-1: cdf7b7f2f78fa410a98b9e96341932ab1f0bf237 SHA-256: 1e6b35e58ebc25646281773a58aee25e76d3b3056e1a1a16da58eb446f7ff0a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further obfuscate the redirection process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/34021000094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/22606342220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/lewimurekizetavituxatefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3594de7a77d0a700ceef9129a3e2fe1/10687885307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613705dcb6973---pisikovofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130acf82fb51---pesupetiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/fokafoxelirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344f108acad---20138234405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/talerepebumasiwisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryouhurt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27791914693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/nimuditivifudogebuwaponur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/fuviwibezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91318789449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachathoanggia.com/userfiles/file/bejiwisasanopumuwibavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkeyinsurance.info/images/file/85446952545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/vabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161497b5b73bab---rasazetujidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozanetiket.com/TasarimAcarnet/serhali/upload/files/jatazaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/simedoguzazidenujurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb0d565ae3596c3e618651d1a877304/37374895063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/tumuwegubatabugubepojukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88aa41496dd35606466e3ff0c9b84035/362339410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/vinafadenatasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/47109956828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=beautiful+blue+sky+wallpaperPDF 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_off0000c963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC963 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 1fe6a6a01bf89cac73416e5f7e7b18c544b2c3f6700811cbe0aa0272495de6ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000e202.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE202 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA14 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 2e58e3d4f0c7939a12841eac3392c2953cf67619542b7b64bfed4d006899b93d