Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fa3b836a4fa9bce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 77c35b3b5945d338596e724be5f444b4 SHA-1: 51d976e8ab0ec29e67f19bdec491bec367b990bd SHA-256: 6fa3b836a4fa9bce8663804843ebc4d1cceaa3a4d734bfb639c03aff53f2c9e3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malware. The presence of a visual download button lure reinforces the phishing or malware distribution objective.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/dedenusonivotupil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/xitupupedujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87208f0fddd29435d746aacf866902db/ranabivokilijemabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finvestfortune.com/admin/userfiles/files/94699629137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagdrevier.hu/upload/images/file/29045591280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varalowaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24n4aodsfbnm4f2mjq9tkcbs82/durakesaxoritinazopatime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f289c3a9f1---43085692328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc74eb1cf89---43592520860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/zezinuderiveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/nokiputileleriwexawesixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45fa97378c---xejitazuwaxejukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4af2f55ada6b706014830cda5928f69/tumuvuguwamufavudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/91659677876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/63762124901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ecb528ad44216322e0a9d5b9571a5cb/xojexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/18116460256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c38b309ee0---bizizarofumoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5cbe5940e1---26054338559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74b0b6a0af---99655713281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/2021625532284661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/42600886441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pds+to+docPDF 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_off0000dcc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC6 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 0dfb8b1b830f5ccb42cec9a9d28bc648d02e0302377a21817972fbf83bde98d1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12381 9728 bytes
SHA-256: 9340639200f8643222c8107b2f90e0be5e053aca3791a3862828ab7009da266f