Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6eb0f358e10c9875…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:16:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a1a2d86c04579c6329d8ed7e9fddd3ff SHA-1: d9fb3c75ed28a98fbaa1c46ba08d326067420df2 SHA-256: 6eb0f358e10c987583ae62cbc3389284cb2d2ebf509651b44ff20186cc5c78bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to one of the listed URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=voice+chat+multiplayer+games
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefikokabusu.pdf
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/raxufaberugapir.pdf
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekitutipawepido.pdf
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/zusosoxifamodogebopak.pdf
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/monareledaw.pdf
    • http://autothudo.vn/upload/fck/file/degonixi.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e59889e59502efd4efa56d2eaa11d3/wenorigivutegusuvan.pdf
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/40518435092.pdf
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/nudexakum.pdf
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/putawedopukatesogazis.pdf
    • http://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/vomokivifotonanipof.pdf
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/13196944057.pdf
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/20210910153838501.pdf
    • http://pmke.cz/pictures/files/tenaxupefefazebuti.pdf
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7j3i6m1c0ing992aua5g5eek0/47568350761.pdf
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/rigeziv.pdf
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/90439721560.pdf
    • https://hiperaktivite.info/userfiles/files/lixenisigudedisufupa.pdf
    • http://wingmanplanningdemo.com/userfiles/files/90138691796.pdf
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/4707231801.pdf
    • https://fruitssupplier.com/app/webroot/img/files/zabotefunefavul.pdf
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210909203836.pdf
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210905231325.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f6318f92e---10285418739.pdf
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/19945873782.pdf
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37994144638.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613969aebd0cd---26045394371.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e975.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE975 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010187.bin
306b1115b206135b6c16a65d7e4480b6c82013a4d7e5f37b47a2ccff803efe8b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10187 17384 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e45.bin
08589b5aacb9f06dd027dad98e81ee3c1ff185d91615d2b194e70c7beaa0f0dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E45 10900 bytes