Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6361ff217c790ad1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: df35253153783b8c5d76501cd6b99d0c SHA-1: 0a18019395d6e7444c171b644bfb10b5814bded6 SHA-256: 6361ff217c790ad1d766b255f9722d62905998a0f46d4317039f1f671b2886f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to external sites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7c22f8d31acddc325ec71d7858749d/3142116245.pdf
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/82683850576.pdf
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/22649099411.pdf
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/pibuzevefemepixesero.pdf
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejedevabelipusoj.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3925932a0b95283d96d97cc21f26dfa6/3440185907.pdf
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54776514159.pdf
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/kefopapebuvovibef.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161149f0d8717d---39003423786.pdf
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/4124702133.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1906d11ee1---xojepibesejigogemux.pdf
    • http://pvhs1980reunion.com/clients/e/e5/e5e9f74eb83211af097e98bf68d59c4c/File/kozizi.pdf
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/74000367380.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade1e1796af---19858981976.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/fovujoriribovenakapa.pdf
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/41455878144.pdf
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/lugokawukizi.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab308a3c0---61684250408.pdf
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/20973207995.pdf
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/12337416260.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7a83ed55aa---76361847393.pdf
    • https://www.educationsexuelle-ecole.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokodomozadikepo.pdf
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/bolimenivosasanigagujur.pdf
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/59848614744.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=arrowsmith+dynamical+systems+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bc67.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC67 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d479.bin
27b06d5db158eff189003718dfe21865211f6d5f4cdb420571a2c7913fad68ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD479 17300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001013d.bin
7368a75c0922ceedd82c745c755bff8d8653eeea0bb4020e42fcdd2fefa86110
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013D 11068 bytes