Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a3af1ad01a76186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 07:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2a7efee9ef4cb893a62426c35abf76be SHA-1: 73f138a38237394ae653bf68fe3bd0dcadde5561 SHA-256: 6a3af1ad01a761867a861604915d50a5eb90c28adc440b1dcb71e86e0e8216bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/wafuwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa122856f2b39c5005907beb9d16ee3/45239376118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobogosumakoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qeutuub0hoimmn642njnmtnko4/56159169745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/43540208903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxotudewuxesurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/lujodabadojuxobusobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e14530d2d75---jikumotojoveninolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfb334c5176---52866080147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikekemitisugozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6937d53cf---52955625226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd8d00101---66378425835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/kekewobumugavojejizagozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eichler-kammerer.de/boloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a45a462772d8c657da117d900bceee9/22171092777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/49909267957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d9f681ae6---zoxexedirogepogila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e7b1bc20---kolidukevukalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761b515a80579a1a05ef9937400f7808/dowopabaraguwugojepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/24468451237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e286d60d152bd0566bcd0e236becbf66/56051613511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f9070ff36b133fa659e495f64e5d28/27894016905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960938d4952---notibixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=kent+and+loisPDF 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_off000112b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B0 19348 bytes
SHA-256: 7f25db5ad058e7a6fcf782bcb348418c53e1811b806c2537b56dc1295b7ae8a9
font_01_sfnt_off000144ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144EF 10132 bytes
SHA-256: 9a7a918ada16267500889a3c78d4296db25d928afbc43840121659b2a3bb0561
font_02_sfnt_off00015bac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1