Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 607c097af06c3378…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:48:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c6f3ac1ad4b16d4f511c25f6460351c1 SHA-1: 315dca8a331665262c27053fc033d50d2a1edad7 SHA-256: 607c097af06c337819d9ca4980a2457014960c55bddc6d9ed038e868c741ef6e
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/72265890037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/51930576208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/jepivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/giwudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd8799d85e51f2588b4db03f6a145a1/95115276016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalihemp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45636650963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/jamikajemuturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/sudetegupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/manekaluvilifajabonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/gujisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/winidijagekitolagogaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/94217527336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360fe574fcb---busotofokido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/22359398170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/xigowuxosilamupujonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/kazupupuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613519e40bc5b---34071488378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57046055847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210908232443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krr-nfe.com/suratnfe/UserFiles/File/ninepokasadoleweruxika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/nimilokinuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ffa83b1c0---76464056854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peperita.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/49841318158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/30117826120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finchamauto.com/pics/ziguzusetiwagoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=firestick+cast+from+androidPDF 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_off0000d119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD119 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 624901ed97465a7ff1241e180ff875ec5bbe97170b04166811e80698147a7b21
font_01_sfnt_off0000e98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98B 18808 bytes
SHA-256: d709a80ba5c8e277597d21acf575038dcadcd9a10aee4721198c5879a61c3fad
font_02_sfnt_off000119f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1