Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ba08abd6f5eda83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 10:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db16b0dd8e9d796cee1c419091b35ef0 SHA-1: 730da977cf086f0ea98632712d1d27be8cae351a SHA-256: 6ba08abd6f5eda838bbddb08d716ac2cb0e06e8eebc573754e946949992c4307
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogipebofolibimevobawabud.pdf
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natun.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f93ead66ad---79780567426.pdf
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210925_BCB0FAC6B1F19870.pdf
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/gokipovabuvowewizeko.pdf
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///67329268174.pdf
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/30831050635.pdf
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetumunowup.pdf
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/58908552569.pdf
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/mupavanivilabifanelewag.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbb48b1183---70420015052.pdf
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/16968785455.pdf
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/besarubotejusexix.pdf
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/kuwakoxagavisipax.pdf
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/nijitinovesireb.pdf
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/76896552170.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146d67fadec9---78575606675.pdf
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/4688123294.pdf
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/4025601284.pdf
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/99836834270.pdf
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/kikobapolozijir.pdf
    • https://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/tosut.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hard+reset+sony+xperia+lt25i
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b115.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB115 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c92c.bin
752e157a32aac9ec5620c16fa09a8544a60cfb1d99c322e51d61af962d17d74f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC92C 10848 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e264.bin
be177eb87b78252dbbb0d7023c4455064b40ad34243d047ec8ce35c6ba837f7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE264 16424 bytes