Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b88bf6ca33d8d3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 03:25:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4497ac7f78d8b9686ce5bd1dc8b328e0 SHA-1: ff98634487324ff659369cd94a72654f1c419bb4 SHA-256: 6b88bf6ca33d8d3f08172d264eb8472805fafdc7b7559bc4634249d2c60ba036
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. It also contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/pitimuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/68135077174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/37072203072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/72177469964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33162345030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/nijeribidijida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/95041140967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f1a8c8dc5---gejologikudamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aff37f52fd4b426ba1af303f147c940/5433501209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0986172c475bba6b38a21527671feb7e/zulogorumigunakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8ac408f35---79067248179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfdc5d1d67328f3a4a59b66686ed88c9/14433703470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cf8d68d86---zerofifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84aea723710f183bc3d06405f11e961b/bolatumefigolinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/jizone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/wodalebomajinogorabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/61212111897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/15397370241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/dufobebidomovevubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9p6m3l10jlgg95glfpurn2r00e/78305082546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac897b16e33---fedifowajasukotiwakaban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imaggu.com/ci/userfiles/files/luvaregudawosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c81c67317a---fixigixibokexekureka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae12d61db9e9d4860bdcfe965398b076/72172422328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105270545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dr+myers+veterinarianPDF 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_off0000f004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF004 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10816 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 80a62f8bd0d83da81d6731afa3fab24a9372570fe6792b079876b5c07203bf5c
font_02_sfnt_off000134b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B5 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 7f7ffeee4a1d9909c432cc83eb1214eb4b892f4e4a4923f3351fb7021ff5b575