Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 906eb3cbd6f2df32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:56:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 179ae1bb46a9adaf8b170dc65e643cc5 SHA-1: 4ace8920785de9439cdf5837decd9efe2906b327 SHA-256: 906eb3cbd6f2df320c4522a998ff3206d37e63fd71ccf5207f43e4792440bbf7
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/sidanasesikazijofadakixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31486617932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/3556460580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/delibigokopesuvigexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98178790209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/puxigogibupukulidasogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/18464545163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/49044045505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2299446141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cmvh8shdd5ni9b2qvrfqpds9m/79713913353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99319203895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardennes.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55564642770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83735501021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/98425602566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uh22h8f0bia16m9rreqrt56rp5/85928341286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/64097012493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/fuborujelatusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikahaiphong.com/images/news/files/60116184247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawana.tech/userfiles/file/lokuzixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/mupomakefebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wuzajekabipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43437591362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396aebdc23f---86847828012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=psychopath+whisperer+pdfPDF 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_off0000db04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB04 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 46a67c0ebe0926c7786aedcada992e9d0e094878cedf68c1e5e393f03cc16ed0
font_01_sfnt_off00010996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10996 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121AD 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 63d3cd0f0234cc909355be0a769583f97bbb9424b5ddaee6816830970907e1b4