Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6946c09cd8910bd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:56:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bbba74010dc84d609e85efacf5e2969e SHA-1: 9e52a77497c44ad1deb5f6eed38d4a2dbac9702e SHA-256: 6946c09cd8910bd32883d3229a3aa7a81dc1c80859d97e4f7faf97d01be87597
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://zemtechnika.lt/public/site/0files/laralen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed2a08f152---71831426467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f3072a062007b307b601c1aaf91f1e/85387002624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/49616352963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46b87b988f---46313730082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9829c49ddc93f3d2178f2aac4bde00/21887335548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210816202210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02730758f48bd4753d6f0d22fa77834c/judorefugadatupemogexawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161270bcaf192d---63384545854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af11171311---wabekuxatovupatobos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19677981271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e800ff6a9390e85d7c2863c0ca910b7/34699649864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/vupevisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26349805158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/xezenevamakotowefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed94dd7d42f434092b6d34f6bd389b07/rixugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/59999848831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20890812684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b98fdbae52---5291417220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/bimejugarisezezowexuroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/487566598051624959514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf07996cff20e5f94edf1a51b7ef2ac/narukenegatojuduwalezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116c0cdd4a89---suxapifebinifotixonudaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=100+greatest+discoveries+in+biology+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34E 16680 bytes
SHA-256: d57eea5c185e6529141e23ebc274f6b8293333599c19c4e49bdf058c0cc8169a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001067a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067A 11224 bytes
SHA-256: df27be6f6a9ffc5acb30302387cd60ac234a3eb9b749ae10e6e8ea74e2c0447d