Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 601bb6693c0104a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4edf83d252fadc86cd3aaf41943f4df3 SHA-1: 4ac7d9214ed16349cc1377f94416c0bbf6bf928c SHA-256: 601bb6693c0104a2b7f4b130bf464bbdc27bdfee5d342bec28ca7ff1f64d386e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript, although not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, further supports malicious intent. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwefokevulaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://enerjimakine.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/pasedobanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/3930147804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/10917066167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrumschoolka.pl/photos/file/vupinikipiduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4438929c143fe0948fc3980e7ceb83f4/63891700288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210904154957_1410632667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/81457640187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9khkf8m0nmnpbda75jij97bi27/1304482530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepesuzekokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school15-tyumen.ru/f/53007020715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/danunegurosobatevigudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konchris.com/userfiles/file/1630700893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379e41122b5---13181207999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeware-software-download.de/uploads/editor/file/dufisefuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/1980106030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/pamagedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/13949529302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/sovirixapolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/fososemamananumokagamad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://junona.manyel.website/images/uploads/medium/69121168640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa3133d3bf---63782815148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ap-arte.ro/fckupload/file/98992223829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tsubasa+dream+team+apk+modPDF 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_off000107e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E8 10604 bytes
SHA-256: df222b6190469d12e8c301f04a7f7933488021d81973acc01db04a655e1ba6c2
font_01_sfnt_off00011ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF9 21776 bytes
SHA-256: 6c4fd669412cd5e02bd57bb78121ebe955fab86a521dea8aa802630aa92a3f2f
font_02_sfnt_off000158b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1