Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6733b0627c6713f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:48:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 926b8d2112e2c3adbc1571c17642da56 SHA-1: cc02e8fd28c99f8439d9a352ba6302493502ccb1 SHA-256: 6733b0627c6713f80606c7b2d2ed3ef50394973054d471f26d0350e69fc8b48a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially leading to further exploitation or credential theft.

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+your+firestick+on+your+laptop PDF link annotation
    • http://fcgo.tw/uploadpic/files/44492066197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9131c1f22989ef3a088277055053d1/94233307005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/24600567913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/55869927182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352cbf4b9b4---sokefevabagamizudaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocgrafikavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/68449083208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/31927778259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchen.ru/d/files/xibekaxanonafogibuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/gopusibakizojekomuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/76124597702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanuwajimekituxusiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/gokezowixebubataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/66962650417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/75290341013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/26805858188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/36515024790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/78340823537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86638544696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/3624178048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/31606031984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66237897202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5bd6c720b---butedomizamisemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stw-nowogard.pl/download/file/64723408573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/tezudezotitogepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/28519726767.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_off0000dc72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC72 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 72ad9724f85ac321064e30e974c52b3c1f41e2e34fc2769ea3ee1884d3ad0d2e
font_01_sfnt_off000109da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DA 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec751c5ee1a4c1359fe0447b426a01642ef80de2f8243b1878db6bf075d8839
font_02_sfnt_off00012302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12302 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1