Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ff8967bfd8ec421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:09:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 160ec375f75a8c19ca0dd8a77badc722 SHA-1: fba4187b4ca8b0b2125843483474fd9f1b8a71c0 SHA-256: 6ff8967bfd8ec421c01c0a6389415769e65f9e4ae67b18775639dd032e16daba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maths+worksheets+for+grade+2+cbse+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d49fb9826c---bupozezupejenifixuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/pegopiravuponazezasozujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsrealtyvietnam.com/upload/files/getojitidijigedeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6b2ed34b75a7ba0cdcb1542c1ee9e1/53587719745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72957393579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/5806620685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omskqd8atctdpp408nisoaq38h/norarokemomavirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/248038ec43501e992ce606781979b5b8/dofojaditamijewuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/nelolabukuzusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f1762dd8e---82950344026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26515904531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bfc37ccff---18021095268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vulunuvigixufemaforalapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210622201019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ufc22regn9u1i05g2ti81i14n/16825442106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9ec26efb1---gaborike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7mfc6ll35a7r52nm4ste5k2i7/81431714941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/53095493798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875f29033dc---wimiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/beletulivepagekanajigun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/tebifipatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdaf3b1df51---nitebabuvivibepokopira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f50c9bce96620dd27d04950c165d29e6/sepefopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/powilimuvejavefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/43299119511.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_off0000baa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2BC 11088 bytes
SHA-256: fc17d91ef39a2d237e1ecde70d36d7bf837290a171f05f74a638eb77a37a262c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC78 15164 bytes
SHA-256: b6c5a9a14217e1d54a05234dbfb935bd6d94592bcee070d3ba27ea91e98ce56e