Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6117ef5055e3d217…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 21:10:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fd8407b0dfa1788caf9fdca77d7319d8 SHA-1: 91e3d6cb32c20db1ae55aee4b088590c668483bb SHA-256: 6117ef5055e3d217bf316233370c06817620f950fa65cf43a46970afb4eb7925
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose seems to be redirecting users through these links, potentially to phishing sites or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236daeace5e5a71840cad0b88ea0cf5f/12095318168.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cdb4d87ce---rumumikixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlhv0qt64fsikf2r6nofqasqkf/56033942460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247c5eefb5---34401405684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888b1c01a67---katisodemever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/91464882852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69229c8437ce8b8d676b979b1e02643f/xigemalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/62272724872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7380115393---74494484068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7tq4rag6smr7gke3fp65qlea5/giruzogurebexopevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/28775432763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11bc084468---8604969455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/dotinegemizafenaxegenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b05d1628f653dcfe66ad72ac55661af/88038789081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/fivatiwujogezudumodanot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/69249862573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34d813fe8---59964423697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd3fbb89de3332aa56fb578df9f8a3ea/vevuwozatefozaxojepexelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/34612324170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ed828c51c---fewowivetufuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98946898448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f53f7317f---naronosaguzolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomnuocebara.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/judajasodufikejazakovona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b248fa8a982---lobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/18851870796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846a71e6d99---37376660291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de85cc1810624a2693d7ca347ff4283d/73498720169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+discord+bot+python+2020PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f39a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA7 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
font_02_sfnt_off000113b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B3 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 0308bd07d6a8a403f8fe38fb3141ee94a251bbd7fbf1e6ccb444fdd15222f7f3
font_03_sfnt_off000142ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142EA 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 6f36fd8771e8f50f33fc7ea5569ab82b78c14b8a07d431e9905d45dcea9353c8