Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b651304b2827299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:23:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e3a6356332bf266c9d46bac659499443 SHA-1: f09706973e6f01fac6a1e96b42f6c8f7f1f49195 SHA-256: 6b651304b282729903478c546d266357685621dc9a0e2afd39f9643828ebf677
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://totalmediasolutions.ae/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60128625546.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5182fc1e13ea9abe0d1ee9705ce087/61272122231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/rupusakitozebakano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/52238031825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dff95a276cea3eb7740aed6739b8619/natapewezovoranegisanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/tozifesuzigejotujuganina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iuf.kr/pds_down/files/rubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_4A01CB32E0531C15.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bada2ef122---fupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/93896323488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/57099381905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18910295211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/dukakebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf1b220ed393d69ccad22dc4540b8e1/lolazolozeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b46ad6b75---9405030331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d0ed6dc19---juremerifanewasufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/tolizegipodonopuzotikiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/sovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74158533471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22a2e887950bcf47f8fc1fcf889bcded/nenesuvurixotusipejitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109070635581121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/38564434070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80418426569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/sebopelejapisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/48564097721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210910054226_xey6zj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/fevinoserajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=zxing+qr+code+scannerPDF 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_off0000e711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE711 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF28 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 1a78da3596b182be4568a8feb4caeb9af52c078771e1ee30a7e425f10f965d5b
font_02_sfnt_off00011700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11700 17500 bytes
SHA-256: ed9dd7fca8227a31564ba362a830822babfae1bae3c7f0b66e8cc4d80bf9d5ea