Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e6f0c695747cdf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-25 14:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fdb4535816499be0cc9fa742ea63106f SHA-1: 3f587d6ca4506cc3a25606c54f384f05c151183e SHA-256: 4e6f0c695747cdf602478db320d354145a8e1c4f550d7fa616d62c3f5d678a0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting sites indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains no readable text, suggesting it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maple+syrup+fructose PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hmgfinance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuvekupipule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2kqj5c1984u12srcp00rqr7p3/20182963344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c9f2b8a4443807dacaeb24c43b9655/25298526287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/18749159231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41cc25c1ee---zobawerumabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/2430634083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/22857786650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f04a7617a---85578595880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/binarijadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c9d012e98---93434678147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14e32dd2acdf5f8dba4508400e20a77f/vuxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/gegiwexenumutezuzafageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/sazirefiwefenesemevota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d0e4c421e---gedoxubitugipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d91ec00cf5---sogupurefexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db9c48ac78---7883481448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhl2fl2reaqpk3qiud489ciip6/totofepikukuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/69040416289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092da89e510f---93158557355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/38065738863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/1005985617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e044c949aa0c30f8d5c4ab693db88bc/90865085874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0afaa7a9d---jagefodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33aa3d6dca0d26027a46d4935aad8967/budomojokenesesekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/wipabazulifexumavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/kafejovipiwavasevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.org/clients/84553/File/gimepupiwoguti.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_off0000e454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC66 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 235185e915ee77286a18fd009cb7723ce278c136558f63e4241606ade2cbca73
font_02_sfnt_off00012898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12898 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 3ac192ace7cc70885c1bbbcdbad176d06618cf6ef44de6ff8457ff202eab1136