Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e2f8f5fb376c828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:26:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2d996a5f8916cdafad656ea89dfb3725 SHA-1: c713f71b9c6c07711fb0b0fb2d8ca70125020226 SHA-256: 6e2f8f5fb376c82844111a1bff4b2778eb5730bfece3d1571b774db7b371fcfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executable without user interaction in this context, suggests potential for further malicious actions. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=normative+ethical+theory+examples PDF link annotation
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/95175458360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/wewexagasiriderawupevazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1626824744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/49098667553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210620092629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2ab0cf6a0---514301443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///71439357090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/67626898500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/liretobomejabelelikapobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8a0qrqtqtf6tv7nq2uokouccl/fedemoroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d00593d2845b9370fa6b1db61d68f7f3/46252755272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b205a121fed---45927340952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/34408539776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugularusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pol2-simf.ru/userfiles/file/56447310167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4037564b5feaa70abd97bd838534ace5/94282543344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210817_825C3E76E03C78DD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/vabexuburek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be6bd6a08d---85518922684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/vetaziletane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a63fdfc7b---babuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/82837069669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b2e17d07cc---zisuvatalejukus.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_off00013232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13232 19284 bytes
SHA-256: e7838530e75f5418c12ded33c612f6e19bbc703e3d66ea495930828070fdb09b
font_01_sfnt_off0001634d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1634D 10796 bytes
SHA-256: f028b66a710c56d935d4e0003211df2676f988f37953439961f81b7b26275478
font_02_sfnt_off00017c42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1