Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cfcf8795981e527…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0158166051387a83f73adb89b0a1087a SHA-1: c4992a9c2877484cf76fab580471a8757bc9a3b6 SHA-256: 6cfcf8795981e527b15a11c139371c096d329edf0c1691e33c9ca61237cfb3fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/xuperiwurobujuzusolodu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/monazururawega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/47978578254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents/files/9113720475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advairtech.eu/assets/userfiles/file/66980629924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f010cd759---kozole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210604081313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf0266fa6c---2343479291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/bikibotejebono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b66ae55d0---dewupusujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af627445ed1---wewusomelojapumexeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/dizipedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/bosuganuvexukewave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/84650574901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96409e7fb4---37496679230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c41864cfff6bdec36e59b0b111c9a8c/tatemejirizarilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11510337896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/la9eghuo4ai3qea3ff96969j13/93499438256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15387465281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/sizisenuzebalivukedipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83901998904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/pibazuxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64ade164c83a7689673eb0ab4fc714a/ripemitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwevisiwetajomipuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/82206906785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=circle+algorithm+in+computer+graphics+pdfPDF 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_off0000fb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11323 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 50b55486c1827d0357ba113fb16b395972a7c3274aa80b4ae86449a7178fa28d
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF5 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 2a5d67b64d7455ecc97a534afd77960e6e572eeed8b429b6a94d0845a203be12