Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fbfa7d9215ef222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 15:35:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eaf30b302edf4af5b9cf0fda022e17c5 SHA-1: 600fe161cc8df6ffc9833d2a6d7d87e18a66a535 SHA-256: 6fbfa7d9215ef222c9506a6951a6e6152a1e585f946c845d6b7f2d877f3c5027
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's used to host or redirect to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7c1e5caa6---pobetokudaxafatogesoki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/gofatikijumuripewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/54365364441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/42016005249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d9bb8ab89717f93193590c63331b4f/40100926442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/61884855705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d9c7375646d67949ede28c8518d9b2c/83534902281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70407955817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/zenete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69s8rijtlia4h0qscs6h317mp2/37138674356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/51666108156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a390c5468f---732618245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazamimomejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/84682395944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54082afc3203a9c20d7f35b2f93e9248/bewuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98fe4485af290529381bb4733cb40641/zuwoxevojekudaxitijuvagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5fbe3c6ac04a091478322b866fe6b35/61390702802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78f8bc21a9---84138010732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088eecc1cfd1---63274278419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/pixojebinexibobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608743d3c11b9---wabetimumujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608166c124a3d---xusaganafarosamikalirazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fbb0e7bb4bb7c714879f3ec4205e81/logupijeturojatomozelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=concentrated+h2so4+molarityPDF 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_off0000e279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE279 18444 bytes
SHA-256: b855b9eca619d1f493a065c802ad4c1101006a756a63170de34462963f5c2b79
font_01_sfnt_off000112de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DE 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c3ff0a37a5efe534e9c2457182ab3b6812ef3269bc7ad8978bb6e4e19f1754ae
font_02_sfnt_off00012c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1