Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f7b45dd100a8283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:38:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d94eb3a108f54c16849213cc812576b5 SHA-1: 2fb208a992d0e3c2da72e7ae993c1a583daf9420 SHA-256: 6f7b45dd100a82833d3b34f4e3d3a4a5c11b0d944c976dc8f307e25f21a1aabb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the attack pattern of client-side exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sims+4+mod+for+android
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/49078375634.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/71723890020.pdf
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/tumovifinemi.pdf
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/63535549423.pdf
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94755565840.pdf
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvafupubosulali.pdf
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61708374602.pdf
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerimevuredagitizero.pdf
    • https://pcetravel.com/files/file/gatixujabiwedisunalipifu.pdf
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61810119683.pdf
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/jebubibowujupeg.pdf
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/16624879816.pdf
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/90786804345.pdf
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/82121953867.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0519b7642---pebopitisoxagodo.pdf
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/47420342256.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c7fb33b378a10a21b4ca25a1ff7124/pomukonuwe.pdf
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gimi73dff3jtvakodkkbb6dgrq/87226040386.pdf
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/buvalal.pdf
    • 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_off0000c6dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6DD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000def4.bin
d3cf73ebe67a90362603c22cabed80510c0b2c0aafe2c6b7bf947ff80d868c5c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF4 10392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f663.bin
39b1fe7f3c7749f5d47b3f31a80ff80eead2751ed860aed83ff91d315c19b43c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF663 17048 bytes