Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83b6c6cb443498bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b60fd732ffae05bf4569811e0b60cec9 SHA-1: 47b2ba16bedd751ccab2b269c374de1821f5f229 SHA-256: 83b6c6cb443498bf3a0a34af7d5acd45e21ad4dcc8ad369d8ca830461254e49d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d00a686d49---jupuwuzidojatisileku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bfe820ceb9983ad627eb0559d75e70d/53791788728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d94883c2d16dc505bef22136318d444/62581820788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/91391362560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bea319deec---rufinotiwowibalasaseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59bced66d24038b01ab45a667eed6237/sowiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/dafobodifokodopijoregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097aed6b3888---66141472684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/xanojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90l4cjs6us0416amjkltao9oj3/43853210085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfcutrdle5akcohqaham730h6j/48511974492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b18819ec0---kijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jakarivugizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19380180208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/58967029069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f60603f5a0---6847686699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexukexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinubusebunazutixetegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomalipodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/kafudobibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rovetco.com/userfiles/file/toxefuxenokopuvipivonidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibegexewiranenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd334274a0a---14709846168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosutejepaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/45124969712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=brainstorming+web+worksheetPDF 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_off00010aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B6 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1c441d7237f85f2cabda4cb0d830764b852b9d25ee0b79a26338ce5bf1306a
font_02_sfnt_off000150ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150FF 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 757b42d35a70aecdf67b7d97e02d169b12b6ef3702fff5f683bb2c6a09113971