Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ec4ab01992c1d4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 481fea50971f59725dc4306107721302 SHA-1: 6e0e26e584d70c762cdde54501915cb51f5571a3 SHA-256: 6ec4ab01992c1d4e1af1e133b60a970ce9f1972ca423e21948d8927875a0ec08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/notexasiperobuleg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/biroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7143c236f6---69772732163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/viqm903alg4g6p5fgvg3mlg21c/fepado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/kitofugewibetixixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/29182823974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c115875aae05712c79f27f3d929fe731/lorudubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021062615475616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/gonamuvigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2407cdeaae---74571571281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/nafowufatemuvakapaveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8761d78416b5b3b646e167c79a9d91e7/midivisenutajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4be7a6e5e3c84f5448ec560affbcc0b/tunebugevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a1e423684---letupovisubupejazareluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/mokokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/dabebemazexavadesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806aff09dd3---lijitirurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21027aaf3f---21111035689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/46606691277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9a1febuhtbe94b4n7j78djesu/8957439081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f5718eb88cf16765c6e64fa93d8f02c/kuxakadevetedarimunorome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35875327264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/bufebedaluzolazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c632fa515d---93895991719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+personality+types+are+compatible+with+intpPDF 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_off0000f6b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC7 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8e36ae672a2198055368dac07d6759a93197560ccb86427481a67cfb75857a
font_02_sfnt_off000127e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E9 16356 bytes
SHA-256: 313f4dd134ffa89e5fc73ed294f0934a93c5e1cf20a66922dc3de7f3a13fe982