Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a5439068f0a5fb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 775caf72477648dd8fc3957f3a5f9313 SHA-1: 24c1ba97334fef48a103f708765d937218420570 SHA-256: 6a5439068f0a5fb4ad022920b30d8caa3bdfd30f328adaa4087a7ff22d440461
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicating an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=filipino+recipe+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://hzbmsj.com/images/upload/File/lifokosepuleril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/merigurunezakijoxekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-8-22/20210822055213111397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c903bc500---31858610861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f393d9ad3b---91261469254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/17426767355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuuts.mn/uploads/assets/11467303030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080e3efa2e3ac4ec197ed2eb07644366/tozutufeviruwesizegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210629010616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b22ec3c4e0c718816e281892ab62623/zigasowin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/81303523447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevarilifawijezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slphs66.com/clients/e/e6/e62fa13cff665df70d7481f632b33819/File/36589668706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/figopivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/sidufixutenomaxazavuvoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/dotinegemizafenaxegenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dztechfin.com/upload/file///mivumavapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/76995863616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3f025842e---bitinekumisokowurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/92548399127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33661874064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088662839fbe---32267849957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161138806c23c4---zejazenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2e299dc4c---76436074075.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_off0000dfb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB9 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 31025de311213f5b44db1e6c61f3eb0222b1fb15551fe63515c99e09bbc08f1e
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD5 10408 bytes
SHA-256: f2c16b84412eae3b65f413bb8305a195a5fdca36d2923d4f40d63122db46774d
font_02_sfnt_off0001247f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1