Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d351ac9fe5925fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-28 08:53:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: af3bb6ba93c665fbe0105f1d7087468f SHA-1: 5eecffef182bdeffc0b6cb75e96ae59ac9765399 SHA-256: 6d351ac9fe5925fe9700ba5955f5d77fd9a7139f7be9266063c135a79db865d2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS and ClamAV detections, strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mighty+pups+paw+patrol+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/66833292113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/51279788687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/11820628388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurangabadptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivibavufegipewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3048240894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021913348149255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/leduniterujigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/29980192998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/45818950477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139676ed58bd---lifubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mtt5e5g4kmtne97v1556rqf27/14233373800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisao.net/files/files/7861427954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/56220013262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmont.ru/imgs/file/96646041350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/54050843927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/15021719331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71825601673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taemyung.com/data/upload/file/26671800848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/mutinimoxamavoberudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f6fcde906---lugigukexofara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210910175610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/savofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newkontakt.ru/userfiles/images/file/84313921502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hockeymro.ca/docs/file/likofakotenejewuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2356286afcd017b577fd4ec54bcfc447/werorolidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c579cba8aafffdc03eb7d617313b6dee/kikube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/28180698992.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_off0000b7c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFDB 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 4a2007b91a26dd358077d6403698a7c37d1f1db8ae60021a5020c96adba3434f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA66 11060 bytes
SHA-256: cb408b7d1cfe6425abc2cdc97750a6cc2a4410d1dab59ba900333686d1031104

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