Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a96dd312709f607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-26 15:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7998b5d2e344433212cf5e89bacef0f0 SHA-1: f4bf47a1b0d883791cde4667644ee1e2b086c930 SHA-256: 6a96dd312709f60787a60932a773aa89dd7a3d115ae7c7bbc70456fdf5265295
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not directly analyzed for malicious intent, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://gannat-ltd.com/userfiles/file/pepubadonozuwabejagug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64173262590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipibisuzeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xokifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/wezikemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otoilk7kk7eegjltj5gvnq4m01/kafobarigeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/23930675471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3db8b8a0ac---dawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85574024029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/topoziluwiturefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f0d481b6e---jilovagalovanaxawikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803bcfa5dad---91118060032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2ejc9mreceu21cmbfagk1uoh6/7672127372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8bd2ce0dc---mavinoxibupara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828b32385d7---votejerobabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/mevolavizipufuxamalajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/47644159385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3d853dea1168a38b7557b10e08533c7/zawakedanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybaobidinhdinh.com/upload/files/71511190474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/jexufovazedami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ab75e2c3d---75911630289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/jonimalosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d61a47322a5---45364515367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44f917caf1---33233339193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/56045027855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=flowering+plants+and+non+flowering+plants+differencePDF 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_off0000e6a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC0 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 3ebb6f75bbe9302f2f0a722d9f86cc33529b5d6c1070a1b7dfbef963e233d603
font_02_sfnt_off000117d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D6 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 09d49223f00b79c09c8ae4b7f2cc5c2617a81c168614b59a5b29361b7bb6148f