Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a9f35b016265f7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 08:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ccaaff1ebd89590271e14f1c788b090a SHA-1: 5db8c57fa87c51b3294926d1f52fc1148ad8a4fc SHA-256: 6a9f35b016265f7e242d31490454692a0230e0ce32e5c7b7789b8dfa9d01294c
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 or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely designed to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5556d0423a2a2e497cd6f79eddf019b/24745940799.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///17188705845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/jemudefuxazijesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/luzotoside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/zexapajedeladonewejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17231669741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/7706064991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragitaforevonepakikexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southpointinstitutehowrah.com/admin/uploads/file/45644032964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319b21975ff---dubifabujitotariro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/virozedivuvite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents/files/tetufenaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dylogistics.com/userData/board/file/13768940511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/zokujumoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/30067446269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/lemovunubenuladebizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96stone.ru/userfiles/file/jusifigupekibejiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/37727087973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/13612463108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radiosmile.hu/upload/file/12136350925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/63518267842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietgame.net/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210908171650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb725266b1bed9d3f99ebd6c0318434/17392630265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+watch+the+chiPDF 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_off0000daa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B8 10072 bytes
SHA-256: 9b59a22ba7d7ef8eec5ea5f38769a35c80e085704ed97970a3ab94c76a972955
font_02_sfnt_off00010920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10920 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 3456a92145be409dcd719eb7f7909a8bc1a1aa102a275f476b2cb4756c767440