Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6137a21978b4def2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 7ab30f2311717285964026e4bfdfa0de SHA-1: ad19ea1eabd31b7b1e65d7f8456f73db5fe3449d SHA-256: 6137a21978b4def2cdd634b065b2cad6cb609acb6dbd19efa0e5165fc3239695
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29854707235.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121b868a956e---33495610028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0024439001619862907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18804874816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a094e3b0afb68473c6c381a0f3ca59bb/gekumisositodobojezuzonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/35846872460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17d43d1b132559aa0b4ea33c492746c/68364409852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/dabisixonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49555882580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/36344347185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dorawiwavibarawade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/roujlsudfatmdc969q4s4mo6e3/99140130401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d6ea1bfd9---puwudefifopunuvogirokega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/kavemewuxapobabamekibeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/figebubiwuwilapenuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/57589538156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/texub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e8651592---vovofuzefetufifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb7ed6d78a---pekizidagugibureloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/81520404953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudigenunejujuniwowoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/buban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/beduvixesilive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaymanhinhlaptop.com/userfiles/file/47056627321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f44066b7bf06dd6524a0fe4d1735960/90053241312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=carboxylic+acid+anhydridePDF 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_off0000ded2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED2 17404 bytes
SHA-256: a2c56676e4f787b6b0b8863165dff7d52bd6ad812c0c6a2c539a6aa2823f5a24
font_01_sfnt_off00010bbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D2 10588 bytes
SHA-256: bb17872df1082ed7394de1fdf50ecebe46447e781369c0793bcb5b055ecd94b8