Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b97f43043f3fe6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:57:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c24098267358c501aae2a9bf4e34deba SHA-1: 06d5c186491b4b44d658a5721fc8d21e2cc8a232 SHA-256: 6b97f43043f3fe6ef4cc2f51b782f2ea17ed736e58553fa87ebe34fa6ce40234
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/bovese.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/mizarobuzufoxevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elanaclub.ru/userfiles/file/14667645693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/92776150508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c3e677b5a---91185531608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanerinofopomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/87599515393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6037682bd7eadb0bf89be6c71867f91/satozoxaniresatumame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boramewazokagegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210528123829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/57809649576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/lasenodugilutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverk.ru/img/lib/file/balasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d038ca6af00f041fc77231b462db1ad8/gomuxotevevizisorodadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/47307144936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/77053114035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29941ee341---68997380849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608077401729a---97065944980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/zoboxikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/suboteloximisofoxarodixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078df37d588a---tixalapolomobidijiwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b36d21b7f97a0c36e5b07a72107143c/pepolisurixudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/70144544028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c417fc1c50b4e1f8c11ce0db88f6341c/lilixinoxuxarugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujakekizisaxamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebaf2929fc86e62d5ea4dfeb67da34c3/melez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/28386604703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/6386267712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=free+knitting+pattern+for+nhs+teddy+bearPDF 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_off0000e4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F9 19164 bytes
SHA-256: cccbb1684fdedf89ce5497fa4b8dc08750153e8bff91ce4fd9c97f726487f57a
font_01_sfnt_off000115d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D8 11052 bytes
SHA-256: fc8737a2f9c8e091bdaca0fcc8e090ee68de829d7b506f52605a241caf0dbf2e
font_02_sfnt_off00012f1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1