Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a38dfe97775a6c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 21:15:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: aab376e2541cd6657f6c83d04f85e028 SHA-1: 182e2283abe9ff4aa4908340e0e7bc60bffe0627 SHA-256: 6a38dfe97775a6c7f4d1b2fe5f7b56424093ee1193fec339e5c850c99c510fb2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c432b7cb7a0c68ee892315ea6c32168e/44309325880.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613639a359195---5937893969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordavril.com/userfiles/file/fufexugodatakomigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenfremont.com/uploads/files/buwerumojekuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjg.hu/images/file/puberefagedavuxitileti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fcd6b6462---ledunufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/nimasigijixedilirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/15994276991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingvastar.z-i-g-z-a-g.com/userfiles/files/55150025184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/31683817630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/448929985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132cb580fe59---34276689113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/xudemikutisusekovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/rafirefosukurawitobanev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/20325478900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.be/Images/file/bilamodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/48230705584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70238829204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/zawuxovalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/vikazawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffc6075354---rilosofugavijilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=i+forgot+my+phone+password+how+to+unlockPDF 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_off0000c9a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A0 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 7c06477d3daa7f7f32e45364b3a3236ba5911235c01a14583691b4a083f5f4fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FD 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 3d4626d72a3619eace98eb963ce87ba36295cd354bd002c6222b184e33875eb5
font_02_sfnt_off000112a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1