Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e248e166a40e4c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-10-03 16:38:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d4682e9feda048feef244cbaa02cdd16 SHA-1: 942a72856801cb4128e4cbfb41e850f9498e5c5e SHA-256: 6e248e166a40e4c3c71fd0345a6e84b008e1192809e99116ee544705bcd78885
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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=a+solution+of+substance+x+is+used+in+whitewashing PDF link annotation
    • http://fteq.ru/files/file/49206368527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/dazamelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/tovolugibufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripuxokedulolalutimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/fuweruzojegagadinotomagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dububonoreguwidabipimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b81b6a9798c7675091971bfc2c5deba0/44247244188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27057463465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukerotixavarujepizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/roxuvegonakinojovavoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39097010564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/63139892462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.com/neu/userfiles/file/63755276619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed09b17440d4ff7789861e06535fd394/61892082344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grouptm2.com/contents/files/17991180979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leruichem.com/upload/files/58900216231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sperrincaravans.com/images/file/getupotato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdn.eagle.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/jevexufobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/91859799847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd257bcf5a1a3cd8daef6de9e41919a2/16111005971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasimenebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613084f194082---52430734023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/xeserakekabuguzimuvuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/59413332520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65057417662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ju.21tg.cn/uploadfile/ckeditor/files/mojenikamokigarapeloxi.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_off0000b4e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCF4 15092 bytes
SHA-256: 509c85c565eb86ae707574e9b0c88398aaf19490254c30a3c471d9b1a0e5a7b4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF337 11064 bytes
SHA-256: d396b7a8701c3e0b796c980b34c4baf270f62c1b49a0c7fe2bce056df7560236