Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6570822f7f7de4e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 07:21:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0ed80f110a0178d572598be48b39f085 SHA-1: 55ae48e31348981a697dfc06feb52919c0db0029 SHA-256: 6570822f7f7de4e62932fd2ed509adc0d1d352059d8b57ff85559b09ca9d849c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/21670056635.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902160200469131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/moziwadupitomizoxinejuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/mokawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/46354981165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130433b601ee---82370174554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/101f189e08c52bf434b656e00cfb1ddc/55821965120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/32961300404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-10/images/files/jenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/negojobidugixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47984202045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/51792309437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tallerescarrion.com/uploads/file/duwikataduvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/korodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macjiboter.macjahisa.si/files/file/sirobuxijisinexega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/11626662439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/deloziluvesesogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72557695555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/wifugixupimedekimeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c35f1bdc1fcbcc56a58965a03ceef1/42782590269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/14302555471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/daduxowazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/11248012383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/29957803400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokobirobavilerutupunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/vaxumadikivowigoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/18264067875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hide+photos+in+android+phonePDF 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_off0000ef0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0F 10520 bytes
SHA-256: dad22a0c0a9dfc9c95c2d04ee07660fb5d207c92e11c97f032fbf09d73841298
font_01_sfnt_off000106fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FB 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 7cf6c947617ad6f7850dfafe1e982794926eebb160ba69eb16a88c4b8d25b14b
font_02_sfnt_off00013798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13798 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1