Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6043c154d5198e09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:46:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4b9c02fca0a07662a47b545d96a8e348 SHA-1: 5fb576a37cfec0f64ebd2281bad400c7562985b5 SHA-256: 6043c154d5198e099c4cdce53ad424cc2ff8294d39c6d4ace193da4d8e2c39fa
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 CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. These elements strongly suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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=three+letter+word+with+b+in+the+middle PDF link annotation
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/83653567681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/wiwugexirijekebulawiwibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadcnaeutgftohcogh8i8dsc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/28845178939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/vumepezezoxoposoweremaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd3dc70ae1cd72f593f105755be6ac6/volejeweximisume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandbaajabarat.com/ci/userfiles/files/61464118027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/75080320475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/paweruloxume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allora-tour.by/var/upload/file/10281289480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/68554837663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54816101517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edd1d2c7bd4bed2c187bf90d0f918ec/60999929644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seas2010.cienciaevida.pt/site/upload/file/vunuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/debofotuwinorojozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/96890290509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k2plusinterior.com/userfiles/bigesusurajenobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/velasowusajijolapalajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92578591253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/mekegajuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dabb71edd---todulokonutigevomozulelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/suxejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a176808c3---suxebeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b3la571ga-70p.com/contents/files/53829056242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marikitaberbagi.com/userfiles/file/37867057682.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_off0000dfb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C7 10372 bytes
SHA-256: b1d771a1181c582daf50d5ecc1234aba751cbb90249b7bb533ed65e96d6c7c3d
font_02_sfnt_off00010ef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF7 19040 bytes
SHA-256: 8a75ef6e660d7372be0f52ab2f54c3f9adb70d785171cc493e8b94a3c3a58c26