Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fb88c3bf4721c7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 21:30:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 18cd22eae99f2d31d6f3cd6fce469b51 SHA-1: 518f0226d9925131f9d08e768c4d9383329c50c8 SHA-256: 6fb88c3bf4721c7faf32a68a97a7487beac5461f58fdbc825717384f3122978f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests malicious intent, likely to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious behavior, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+avengers+online+123 PDF link annotation
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/niwujetagakabopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parateam.cz/file/tafelopasogamolufuvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9ce823f4f---besuxovikizigewuwodive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/duxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/81272988328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/gawimogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/xopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/77380110027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupobemamakoxuxebezemuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/vururaxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicasoftavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/muwafagexuzuragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaadalagi.com/contents/files/dojoxuzelutuzetivasovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613675c5a86af---78099530922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84337082527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58184139444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58109743021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1e5acd955---87039916886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovufasazoziwobenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incense888.com/uploads/files/202109072057593852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jutetisajuvifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202109062220157665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaa634a0d7---17170247750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn----htbdepbihnfb8cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19039680563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents/files/85724896802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/56342491518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75466806732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/69342344029.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_off0000db49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB49 17628 bytes
SHA-256: c21f03a32df637e4a4d183fea4bc8d690b9ec439a881f1cb1e43c065b1e56eef
font_01_sfnt_off000108ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BA 10912 bytes
SHA-256: c7f43ba7f512c08601a6161317c8449dbd2a882ed89158b457ae792d424ebc3a
font_02_sfnt_off0001221f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1