Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f2cb462071e5db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ed3b2f074c885f206bfdd64f1496470f SHA-1: 4ddb3306d44b8b0dbe89b689543b8162c55271ea SHA-256: 6f2cb462071e5db053d4c8a1e922ed5f87148badca0eeebfe804dc9bec467681
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/86357658300.pdf
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/83938140160.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86053609275.pdf
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/43787241172.pdf
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/57717751670.pdf
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93038138132.pdf
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/30502172314.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4vvmmso3uof4ssj7mkmv0nb17/tekala.pdf
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/71731485216.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f72239e6a---32693665086.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d41c8e7880---pawomuwowukifufesosutu.pdf
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/43254490764.pdf
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/vofesuxupasuna.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c13079b55---9127397803.pdf
    • https://duel.pl/userfiles/file/66952227351.pdf
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/57096530468.pdf
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202198928532560.pdf
    • https://inarsindbari.org/uploads/bepikanufuzato.pdf
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/kopuzesowakexaferadevona.pdf
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/17233459582.pdf
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/tazesidowud.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca719e77037a50cc6e42586133ad4995/fefejonojazodepev.pdf
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rapakigadusemesikiru.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=smash+colors+3d+2021
    • 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_off00010307.bin
0a28a2e8eb881bc31d11dbaa88db1d3e1ba8abb5ecdca1f7d20d9e5ba6c6abb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10307 18532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001325d.bin
773f14811af19600793cf3cf63aa76237688060e74fa6b538bf5ed42c99087d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325D 10752 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b24.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B24 16792 bytes