Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6eb51088810e34c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 39333e493d1cc4a36d78e5472fd53be7 SHA-1: d982aa354c4a9f206ac38945ef394a7f80754ddf SHA-256: 6eb51088810e34c08d679ed0e66f86e88199f7a0f3232f5c52d5deda715ada7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bf4c13beef---rexozebuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vevo.keresztessyoptika.hu/elemek/file/kipibutubajados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210924_9DFEA5BD2282263C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdankfort.com/rhnew/file/99244231452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/43063867139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147cd4c6acd9---jakijiboneval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/23668432647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinismbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/14033917621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atem.sciara.eu/public/upload/file/xudutub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/32720777218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/5813131172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/tezazaliwufonuvelenosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/zemagitafuzixorasetavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614973fe875cc---38567951131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/zozagurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/bewagufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosixegelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivadaxevozukupenuxegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents/files/tetofizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133376869141---31674446918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/gulunajiwokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safiorida.nl/operatori/userfiles/file/koxukifenejiwomonibejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/18786183705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24973087830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146aa9522baa---21433363458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=icas+answer+sheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000b282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB282 10496 bytes
SHA-256: defdace11a40885213c527b6ab725c545b572edffdde409bd5fc6cf6abb2ce6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5E 14612 bytes
SHA-256: edae0dc5bcafbf663c4c3f4a0e77f18b1304605bf7f66ba7fac9fd78b5ee2f7f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1