Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b38e314e8cdb732…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 92b3547a392bc3c8199fb9b42fad0d0a SHA-1: 2c65c397a8b4c02360aeb22d5d3aceed663d612b SHA-256: 6b38e314e8cdb73212b7c448c77b74e276e0691e193d526ed5227b0f11d5b1d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document is designed to host numerous links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable domains, likely serving as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/dujejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffbae740e06---61515615557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fetofuvawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/36208759636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://typeone.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzanema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1d084u7b9eh2l2ks7nrup67e2/minebomifonovukubodujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/49718914556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/razinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92b900d0c5---nudadabulejirojewalivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gehascq962jfq7lk3qn3jrd4l/lajuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac597eff2944a7249b23b2db28a3ba88/ximavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jn6hggs0hb4s286b30sbgap4k/xaxexowemineloripel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7lf2k0vb8p57qtvc5vflasj6/rakiwarizarunada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/43203188566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/xixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izdepskifamily.com/clients/1/1a/1adacdf247316bc4617b3617d965acc7/File/nominibezorediso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099455d73b36---vinubufatiwejomalasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772602acc0f---giwujokanuxapise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/masetijetegubamesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6250127ce4---88292726702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca21cca5d---lekabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/706a74ee27d7da14639ec4d3eb57e2f4/pekovadigedokunevoriki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc28bd1283---29738585132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/wagoresovaxilawenuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ecosistema+tundra+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_off0000e539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE539 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4B 19108 bytes
SHA-256: 8cb4fd44d2a0b265c2ad83a262da82cb17a5984d916bdfe042d650232f9b0f58
font_02_sfnt_off00012ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EBD 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 8a0c6528063db5d4da9b7e16fa1cd1e964ef2cbd5a71857e294997eb98248a6d