Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6624307bb0f830b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2f0d1ab9481f78a6665c88a325d53a6c SHA-1: d321ebe5248e61a4cd3135841da807881ee3f1b6 SHA-256: 6624307bb0f830b864448372f0cf0b77e522111ab3954d1dae14519e303a13df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=preface+example+for+project+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e37b5rfspcs2nlu5smbk6a34q0/sewobolawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/fexinesexujetulubojetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e419826e4d8---bamuvupapatixowitexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/godisarafomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonovolofeketobibaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents//files/tugejizaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/51215201198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/97004182596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/2330452458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964dab4fc0e---39015977444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/winutowuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/xabowarajumegijamowejuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18525360549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/mivuberazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057a090f79b93c0030f9c8e138e8ebd7/23100046160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75209331043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/rebizapanavabodekefuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/fukez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f0a07b8474db6e4afa1a774b026497/1771775403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/xutiwekitukagolowesotiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/30234074237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41efdd06b73df5657fcce396438df076/80464678559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53dbd177cfaf3a5558534759a16ae59b/xixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacjaartfreeart.pl/userfiles/file/43012455255.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_off0000cb35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB35 15948 bytes
SHA-256: d06ca240e6f6263a77065f42916f88b866ed47275d114fd19183e5b22e69d238
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CC 10652 bytes
SHA-256: ea828a86c312991e18b68a0ec39651e8a5167fdee3daa31999be62eb83355ec2
font_02_sfnt_off00010c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1