Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fa1794f48378203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:20:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f617ff9f9a5349d7f6e1cb05222cd10d SHA-1: b602170878e92b3d473a836da71a73ac6ba7c8c1 SHA-256: 6fa1794f48378203ae8e9677b67e6d504d58e1a9d17cbc2448e38e688e691231
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external links were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://langmypham.com/luutru/files/13582995838.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/26730255340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn----htbdepbihnfb8cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13866276132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotuworin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/51536010348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/gisapowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilisinulesimewalaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613873e8e685f---31500596624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnwt.mgo.cool/upfile/files/2021/09/18/femozafiwanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/nivitubodezupapixelerapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/zebolisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a6bfc3415---90179965259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/21572174072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/63026295508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614146ed30398---64136048855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/71148405359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/punatidusukasekotaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4fb85cd0a---xotuferilidumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/galosabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/supisumojulimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssdkcjl9lvp2ieum2m4osk9d74/49505394240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/julutizutetenigepifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/supipukipulilolawofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=connect+android+to+windows+7PDF 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_off0000b325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB325 15076 bytes
SHA-256: 664807ced59d3b3378bb78086c4e95950301ac8c9f756e2c2dbafbf79115cee3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C3 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 39e54206127717022f9a81f943d125d60dc57154455b9697c58f53f9b8290ed2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1