Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6951ff6b65092015…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 577c9d2eb3a5ef7347ff235952b6391f SHA-1: 33876bdb31d7163d4632a683042b2d10a09b60f3 SHA-256: 6951ff6b65092015815bb63a0472b46f9a9675b92cfce9e52c95dfcf57299456
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e56f3b84b---16739175093.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2316f20a73---1200510144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/34246561160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19fec99328e3ce1800eaa7f0b6e5706/21161192613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab8f688edb---bulobonibadedego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95703224508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859a83a2b01---zasulenesodirupeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/80993515466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijtm.in/userfiles/file/kufolutufiragirijenodajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d35426532fe9da1ccc4f2233f62409/96361973983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/wozamujisolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942234f3feb---83537382609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/38022016954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caba543456b---27235687771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27e0acaf8a---56944473351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/xofureditewurilinisiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/kubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/vogotosari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/timisupurovixogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/12066327237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/32478923626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ade7d79f0---66884058452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/52447666886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=curso+completo+de+apicultura+%28cultivo+de+las+abejas%29+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://easyown.ddproperty.com/datas/files/wovapilelibafedina.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_off0000cdc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DD 11300 bytes
SHA-256: ed32211b73e46e9e2f9464bce4fa9b80e92659dec2512a34d12a4449f5303257
font_02_sfnt_off0001005b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005B 19252 bytes
SHA-256: f166afd5b1b7aab9936dda82a71dbc35e6657106f15b71763bda9a83af905703