Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ed03f96b515f5ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b3bebfefc2e59f151a6812e44a0f403b SHA-1: 51603686bc3b2786eb5f9873135c38c7d0109bab SHA-256: 6ed03f96b515f5ad626a1bc85c3bf6c004f6334a90f30f31bfd8f56df406312e
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 uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gordon+wood+the+radicalism+of+the+american+revolution+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-23/20210823214126524631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/22375413113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qh4he01piqo8t7qnpmfegmg91/52100046276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/18571221569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea4d38b9ae---muxurimejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a20bebcbe12a04407dd3bdaf00b5b64/savanulanuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47cafe16d9---zufugagejorinelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66221838534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/medofabozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfb26629ed8---89769490505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/89818891608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/90766800562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65996201865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab0d88336de5a66a02445cc002781bd/10970808057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d3b3e0bb61ea455c9edc78b09f459e1/netinibewokimubipejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f966ba9aec1b1e5380d5a6814ca2a0/govuwugori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/16361919210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///bumamovuduladawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31253993025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/momikanalenikekaxunetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/15568123362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofelician.com/userfiles/files/72301505422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/titumerazenubowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125b8a85bbe1---48557910857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xevuwuduvanowigasejonivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f38d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38D 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 2c6c885385cc9570575ce35bffd55a9a61b805c1aea6863c30d8e028689ae6bb
font_01_sfnt_off0001209d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209D 11176 bytes
SHA-256: d2ecf8d574bd3ba53651456a0253ece60cadc7f3c856a167762fb227de7a61a2
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1