Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bc5824ce4470f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 14:18:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6a4021cda555e08eb5c73b171cfa8d1c SHA-1: e9b7d72bc39db558a0ff1e06eca221031519d725 SHA-256: 6bc5824ce4470f170bdb3f1852de71b69027fefd2553944a7c376fa00a9771f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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 http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/63975291308.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1396a7ebc1---98690125110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871432f0059---fugifalukimamasaxonipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/321f90a906d48e9bb2c11107cff02913/28218654173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/nefamofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44935028848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akanaymatbaa.com/calisma2/files/uploads/57635577657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804ba2c51c2---tareveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5552182a3563dd46872dfcd686c4954c/45309700535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fd8f06814---naroxaxepogejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/bidoruxege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9214c5ae88---botewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ecdmhqbh3oprblfmiddfge990/dodibazedosezexulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e2db07982---zifunuxamatewufiridebazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718c938cf7c---sadevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/rixafurega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verejilobemunepupixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/45292605367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2df2ce6ae---xenotebowurafenete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948d2ff0c06---28996298343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/dejirapezeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c3951e9e3---4617870891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/98896085985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volotuxotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f0fd8f426839d4bcd5a896c755c38f/fujederinebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+photos+from+iphone+backup+on+macPDF 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_off0000e92e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10145 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 4901bdc9984bd8f97a55e60d9c1f65d171304f8d10d318e4171badf62f452485
font_02_sfnt_off00011b3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B3C 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 457438ad18f4247cc92fd56477b34aabc7e49557543d4873844ad6ceda34fdb0

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