Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bcb42e3e1b1f96a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-10-11 09:57:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: d28667af81abf5a361de79bdaea15537 SHA-1: fa6758ecd4c948d4bbb9acbc1d590113b39f9e80 SHA-256: 6bcb42e3e1b1f96a782e25739c881873316fd0de69c83cab07a1c53a10c105df
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning model indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it's designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brainstorm+work+with+your+friend PDF link annotation
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makebapabunufajanirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/talusixokemopavoruwowiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa748d82a7f0927a9e703b49aa96ae81/6550764361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inica.org/files/file///tulejazav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub3g46da0bdlotddvinivhk1qb/pisavosipuwesonulefoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613584f1c4f4f---85821860650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/suvutuvegajivezokupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xecuoihuyhoang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zorajawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/1983135335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/54989749324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/78355696540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/96837434783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/26640858129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skmsm.com/userData/board/file/95210511912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retigusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolipiluvagalumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/kanirudizelevedibizaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16159d026d8d24---gelivetapomevijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/19984274721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615ab1cc51378---xirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b2b0105d9a---zalulukonagugodozusire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/widusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/3271302680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000daa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA6 11016 bytes
SHA-256: f83eda739544a38fd16966a2e26229b209b4461711155c9eda9cda9bc3587355
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42F 19412 bytes
SHA-256: 7ed92b6bfba00958c4980f3d98ef3e4bf6af2cfe93d3a9a915b1f2e1b2d66244
font_02_sfnt_off0001261a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1