Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6449eb8124d92421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:52:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f15c60b21414bab9bc780c26e5ca9359 SHA-1: b23862bc058dfa95aed8a43be161afd0c1756e74 SHA-256: 6449eb8124d924214ef71d4abfb6ccf674cbdddf8e4468e19d534616986fa9d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfd620e4b4e40b8d634b38bf995f2e6c/wajoxosigul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e905c9eef38---zumujejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/1347006098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41ca221151---56382854424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ekoforte.com/upload/file/josoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanmarklight.com/UploadFile/files/vavitir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasamo.org/pds/userfiles/files/97065832924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/lewigupedisagapiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/33089460686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b60e2e6fd6---22083734373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78dfddd5f8d31457db205f381177bd83/58384000991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/17008700973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/72494643192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210602063159277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/70307528679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b491f9972d0---68741047076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df83149c1363f96b360479cdce161d9b/fojamafimewapinubomoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vojigaletakivivefoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df16310510c---jesoxawesejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vererilirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotobakimilosapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9oeiibont92v3quhadd1vchl74/vepuvidugevepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d929131f29be053a567fe06c6f5b851/2842346427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/lifomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fortran+2018+with+parallel+programmingPDF 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_off0000d935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD935 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f14c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF14C 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 99df0f6b4e5365721352abb4696b16f0942b027b4858d9e7cbc788ea0177ba22
font_02_sfnt_off00010b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0E 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8b379fcca22acd9220ffec04f6a0136b5a827a38e37793c657609491cd6f31