Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6af88151ed69b383…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:18:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c943b43b8772ab62ba69815f80d36942 SHA-1: 9c8c3b5b2fe268ac9de809c7e4e755d1c0e10993 SHA-256: 6af88151ed69b3838c30dc781673a663b15f56bbccd7c98fe9428f0dd016c487
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The heuristics indicate that the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to download a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffb5e3acdd---dedumugizovepivawigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9813bb81003b44912b5c1a28a5026581/94570546090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b2ba3fa8a---65502117056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf8s6llmjbfk3k3eid3mtpmfnn/98717968500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/kalulakorudorudajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/524c6ae480dde5250395e02373318b5d/25120369913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/42582541868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/vipuxadozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/jegagufufurorigoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrupl6b9mgq4n37br12caqddvu/togaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkingparts.com/Upfiles/file/wepolagajoruxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde3d1738eb5338ca1de85cb16c208ea/83067698462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3beeedb99f5f19dadc456b394009b89/tavivolaxubinolavimoxaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5ee75f41b---rojazatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cc0609813---wugamonojedojosenofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/42928293350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/80272945766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084836b27cee---ridobebujabitoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e6a23914e73f6db598c5715d8850f4/pufoselekejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd6dca5d2a---10440686324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/banirufenutijopeniwidusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/webolomewebibaguwejesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f59fe22f58---86522965100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=stroke+guidelines+2013+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_off0000f26f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26F 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 98d007387d6c893a804f71ebb53f79b6d40c64877e14d780081b4b874097dfcb
font_01_sfnt_off000121df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F6 11244 bytes
SHA-256: f46d33708e6043b30e071c7f4cc233f564eb4ed5ffb8267d13e4be1e54471ce0