Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6625deffeb9a9eb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

167.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:30:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 165b1db34296276a0e0fb461b47a94d4 SHA-1: 0a19da5f98d31625ab834db35d0d169c3aad7c5c SHA-256: 6625deffeb9a9eb3a0fe489933e2988b3f5093991a9da0d284400e940e3dae50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The presence of multiple links on potentially disposable hosting indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9510

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://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1c1b591cf---jaxomuvijina.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210512074913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwiwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35104bd185---xebekukexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/43548425678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074505e0f85b---pawoletikomuvuwolulifisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9834bb08d---pujivofasuruzalikonipadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda385234bd4d5ee09fe17d7f9d79706/titakekawokumevugukegopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14sa58vv0v9v8i67g513rsrpid/taditipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9980480cbc94e58c61b77aa3ce3beb15/pupobiseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27d1e3e0a4997a4b1d8fe4a971ea712a/76845557322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11200009064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79a08f83f907a16d7d7b6ece9ec6ee81/97797393226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11074f789118ba861601d0201b04cebf/25453987505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91a5016c5e---50580984591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/051207419931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents//files/57388065557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nanazoniwudixigofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d874386f3---zagebekeviwazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/42463666557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13133406309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/49538160000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/xomizakowunekikakidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.simpopdf.comIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+circuit+analysis+7th+edition+solution+manual+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19823606884.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_off0002287a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2287A 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 31f9258f7cfd1f9972f2b713d7294b71683d8a947fc3736decceecfad45fd9e5
font_01_sfnt_off000242c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x242C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00025ad8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25AD8 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 50c6184d3c93e006ab30992ce8e8c6f213d6be7278e1abdc7a1f052bbc0c164e