Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 609eedc6dcf87182…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:50:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fb33267d2bb41c85c6b796b5ecbef279 SHA-1: 6b17f82ac284e4bab3b2c49bd5a65a31893d44ea SHA-256: 609eedc6dcf87182bcb83daab388ac014c4e2907f5b051a6db11f226b9efd769
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream that is likely responsible for redirecting the user to external URLs. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=farewell+to+arms+themes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://7onseventh.org/clients/868256/File/66056049023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/367520676b69533a4a385405c38094a5/17341020830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608513fe0b9d6---xepovetodudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/54070025047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jujikewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/72076611868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/76465398490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/jupuzipirubipikabegefave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cc0d5d3dd---musukogofiporeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokasowatefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb7dee1027b---wojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54fd3309637ae1c81127b98beaa5d075/rizexufogeputawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/50724671878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.douggoodkin.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketinorazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47137786800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/71109098213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ad49b4a2a---nutadenenusidoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/kekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k34dmdnkfes3g6dck5aaio7ed/31781245827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdepd6e1rsom056jfpo9o3j2i2/94267795153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gelinakuwonotapilisuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/tiropebexafovanemajubu.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_off0000d8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B0 17856 bytes
SHA-256: bfe3f1fe64a9932e7d711163e6129e9ee4f9f0ea69a9a057423dc91bf27d66e0
font_01_sfnt_off00010687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10687 10632 bytes
SHA-256: d5a020dbb34e3073741c31f5b30b67f6116b2961f17b40d6673bfeb460022851
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1