Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6127a542940dbdcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 661d69fd3d979761131ad901b24ed1c0 SHA-1: cf22c19d1fc7da9dbc4845b0cd8950e566399323 SHA-256: 6127a542940dbdcd075f7935dfb9fcee12b58a7185e9b024f2e7419b816becd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentos+de+fisica+resnick+6+edicion+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/fefavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/88523967372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42163195565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a061623920---gupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210910151949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e61ef43cd1813a1a94ef119899e0a2b0/94528159518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/8056488908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbce54cfd3---31686052360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/zifanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a06646f9d---86057061093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprofitnesstrainers.com/userfiles/file/77904933826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popovepigujobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/58282748719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.net/contents/files/16402205959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202109/file/1631265083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/90936394402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oembag.com/uploads/files/202109120847406777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g94r5pn2ho4i7128507qac0np5tfjfi/9885031700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radecznica.pl/userfiles/file/49447167589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/47019644004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/vimudiretomuvevipadobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4265746646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taaltoetsvo.nl/userfiles/file/62243236520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/39030079446.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_off0000df02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF02 19848 bytes
SHA-256: 38c978a5966d04f6caecaa1bf51de4fad41e06a6c23b1ebad66a933141979029
font_01_sfnt_off000112dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DD 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7f21d7fa7c9a07c6dbb860b24ab0b6478ce719c1c2bec2b7c6c5138105b4fe
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1