Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e5c3103343dfc53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:33:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 46037ef182333faa72be90f05dde1f28 SHA-1: 9157a6f0372a69fc6bfe66f527bba72ecf743351 SHA-256: 6e5c3103343dfc53f64a4cd5d8f551433a00a111f7368521ca07b0e708b1ac88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/jikanoxuzufopa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sksound.com/userfiles/file/gabaxapebupefavokesuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufjl2d7pld5hsoggudtf0qqt8l/bukixukoxuguguzufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4388109d67ca0feaa36da83fa4c75939/64693725574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/zudizavivivedela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf5aeecbe7c---jilogakenoxukasusuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa1f55b976---48103545797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52012936763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jofunepokizuvonivabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/19650389709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/zavulemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/48589046231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/vugepijegarofusivamabef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixiwokekil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccb0eea76b---12553891147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/37923666370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/fotebibizujutadugodubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72fefdcf02.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29475503487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/65101229126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3cefa390f---wemizibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e8ba6a258---litekaragowesanovubodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/wakije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/relogilukakafusezuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pentecost+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000cd99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD99 21380 bytes
SHA-256: 6df1d98d50763aa46a26074a3d59a57fc872bd050cbf5173615f07321500586f
font_01_sfnt_off00010429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10429 10476 bytes
SHA-256: fe7a38120d39a63d0cc2b24becc4554f045e4ddc9df7ed4ac4e9d989558378cc
font_02_sfnt_off00011bfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1