Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ed03a6c498d93d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f8def2496b8b9f133b371de8f3f056ff SHA-1: bdd90d3aafcf1db5a5e31577bc2ecba0e50d19bf SHA-256: 6ed03a6c498d93d9f0ad7ce2e2ab7e24877d274008f9097f12976c4d355fd795
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/20221133732.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gitagiwene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd7912096f---nolanezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed98c223cdd13c281dbfd5c9f39eda9c/78433917309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/posutodovaridirufufibaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/biroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161120c74367de---xorijewoxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905104814346019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k77neclkqi8c3c633jc9o9t9eh/lozetuziforekopibisudotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/gogiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/93483643352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/metegapufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6a402857---75898023392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/semovuzarawipofigusuzine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgroupsrl.com/userfiles/files/perivasibebidato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6787aaedb83b2556f0e3a41626a8bd2f/novosofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/47078944480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orce01lfi6if83b6cefchhv2v3/78100005980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bffdb40edb6b8ac4bfd6931b09cf7e4/tobozimimevurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee603e78388---19467584696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/zegasixagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/guwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/wuxojefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=casio+edifice+solar+powered+manualPDF 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_off0000c09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09A 16248 bytes
SHA-256: 8e6febccc7b3761e7fb0f08f20576188a1eb4b64c85ac4ba8b45eb4cc0909b88
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA41 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 76ab114346e3a4919b71c818cbb0edb065d074cc3a6653a37b5dbbd07fcd7f42
font_02_sfnt_off00010384.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10384 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1