Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c8626d23a812e29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8cfd811458b3980b0d39272470a85c24 SHA-1: bffe9b4e0b81ae1b97aed8c52e003cae97d10826 SHA-256: 6c8626d23a812e29d9fd7f2815bcc2fa4d858ddb4a9f624cd5ba07008cdcfc84
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the embedded JavaScript and linked URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1.5+m+to+ft
    • https://mollis.rs//files/wokemadumer.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/79867765010.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n25uic5en6aqqod6cupu9t8mne/36726676012.pdf
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krqfd82hpl1205v2i8es4k4fro/75809918324.pdf
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96769901477.pdf
    • http://bjeclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevipitusewazale.pdf
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210613063313.pdf
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/64584919893.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/79866021384.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b072d605c---mepox.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5490ae395---zopotinujafekipideriwebez.pdf
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/vowubuximufator.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071270c00f17---merefidesasowewegopi.pdf
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/dinimorazemesomiv.pdf
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9819397351.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/3450654379.pdf
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/41694778251.pdf
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/58303420615.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a62de0cfe2---4301012145.pdf
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lirojunajobedabidimara.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79e603ff53---63335915799.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607217fae0b43---14091325542.pdf
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/57763545990.pdf
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/47727641444.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7464044b62e56f4da2d5c87e5fe2c252/75682241547.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3evu6h3pb6jggmqmrrpisdqtb2/lotav.pdf
    • 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_off0000ebec.bin
5a06f9b801d7cd43a62b2b7dc3de775953410cbd8be17c27d44754e7a07dc321
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEC 17304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118fc.bin
4d181f7b81bbec60d7d37115ef8bf815eedfcaf1b33409abcbeb27b1f385711f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FC 9724 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e41.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E41 16792 bytes