Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a8205f39155c8ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:26:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: da75589622a0b7639a97b19b04dbb680 SHA-1: 780f214fa870b21c3786d1aafcacfb092e2ae1d8 SHA-256: 6a8205f39155c8ecd82b4a8d56cd9eacd8ccea25816601f16da30aa835c29114
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or malware downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/1572572202.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87264403544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/boverejered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de9f630af9---pufivaresizixasizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gexibipuparaxomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/291bf9facc86d9b8fbdefb0608b32518/wulojukofesunuvutimimujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d595db34c1237e92fb4565540f4232/75823238761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/22246088660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edm-medical.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14586369758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/12241545799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17165e3577fbdd412f654198d569415f/78074124210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/gemesujojilukaxofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/didakabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/wudafere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/23848036455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/domud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/85349199502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/bikitomosuwejipenedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c4ebde9be---30657322423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/suwosolusupinalojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f53c357a7e077c2eba2b1b95507755b/litipewurewiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/tidavekuvogedugizajibobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=take+me+to+your+heart+guitar+chords+pdfPDF 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_off0000d67e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD67E 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 02c8f49482aa3120377b699b803102b13dffd07a89441bd84319c84886b274d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF089 21176 bytes
SHA-256: d0f4a2c5fbb1e9c827cc2cae6932b0038d5c37bba43adcc3ad3af886edb807ae
font_02_sfnt_off00012800.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12800 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1