Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6db93962bde475a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:17:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6ca02a8e2281e1b1e174a924e715f601 SHA-1: b59c4fe529acb387b10282134a4f6fd0c6ac2b89 SHA-256: 6db93962bde475a981f1ebf0bad3fec62a2c22d234583467eab33c63954fd244
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirects the user to a phishing or malware-hosting site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://ozgu-yapi.com/firma/files/55769832084.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d41ab0bad---86230141220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/44488969503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachmenminhchien.com/media/ftp/file/7575497324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/xegonudajabekegikajutebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/4650431830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/rivozabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/11014387741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/piropedilopobudifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133640232e79---31593073740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a335d83e7b89678dc40a52f1c4369f7a/kamuxokinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/58043695997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/24188766806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47264329642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/dalakiwosomitakujuruwonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasomedia.com/userfiles/file/xekedililobapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18309098199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanda-boiler.com/d/files/42122393053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/gagusewesukeraxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10544063354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranysolyomfeszke.hu/editor_up/wosenuxijowutujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepatsasaran.com/contents/files/2426027776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/77880866077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/32342125541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+turn+off+the+talkbackPDF 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_off0000d23c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD23C 10836 bytes
SHA-256: fad74f8aa7f942ec917fa4e214e74c682b67714614722d1c561ccc611e6cee19
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10349 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 00331248c35bf5e533af42442fe366b8221669067743abb8a0b2414a00ed065e