Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 609bd2171cb613d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 578b27151c207468670f72c69fe76ca8 SHA-1: a18c5f6bb56d8772aa5d74ce31aa0653342a0dd8 SHA-256: 609bd2171cb613d8348321dbd5d5aee76be21e90ac949567f065e3d1f2b45f7b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, multiple heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely to host or redirect to malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3741808c7---40253320342.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg13m8ln7cf2v99gi1k1gie985/15611323293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c90s4e3krkh0v584kd267mt4r4/1339134622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861600aa224---40716636271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65a4cac5fac55fe7a3432f175749f1d/gizabomawizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/699c15870aa0bbdb8a3f371d6ee3f1c2/36469070558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/fevosikekejelururojikilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/22178478339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memphiscentral1969.com/clients/865565/File/tatefonobepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/68532653297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadepupexirekumabowuvabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/sagotamipafabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab033be33b---sawesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210521220515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/18010382754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/93619794734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uha58dks0er80430v40shj7ag3/50349869776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae372bd517c---23225290591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878aaeb1c12---55858260127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/miduziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ed0cf12c4---veropura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e55412013---97179527528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/91692305613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odessahighschool1970.com/clients/7/70/70263b1be1b93b62200e198143f59f20/File/93856022725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5106bd10f302d9681e7205cb12e495f/pozuvojiwenewaderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=stutter+while+speakingPDF 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_off000105a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A5 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 73aeb4e2079fd104ac2e68cc2fc73cd845407561ae8d4264b9492e4855c1f824
font_01_sfnt_off000133b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BCE 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 3602e5dba071ff112a0acce8cf6183c9ac6bc08736af909d7ea5be55f61d3a45