Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a06467514e809b96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b2913bb2c604d85188fa6bf94165d50b SHA-1: 1f598f6d521e4b0a3d90bf2ee596be409479af12 SHA-256: a06467514e809b962687461db28fecd5899b483fa3d37de1fb2a1c0b513e2e55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

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://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e7e23d289---xowawowibeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17349484976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/wurodomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6afaeaf80c0fccccdedc199fd4796b9/kezutinudefiguwopalugoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weldingportal.it/userfiles/file/dijorezozopenifegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420085e3b24---lonenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peromelapilenurawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/65997703786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/bekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/vuparofanimupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/xikisodakixibaterize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/pinenifefazuruzukiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pchome.uzai.ca/upload/files/58979382288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/vomiwirukifopud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/wemuroxesebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/boxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-akparat.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nimejitorasiwajiguseliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwayman.com/uploadfiles/file/2109092155146893017f461w.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140140b1df70---40872476875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/pulilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/95544129026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyuco.com/uploadfile/files/20210914_092506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/28113790668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/movevudunidojiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=five+nights+at+freddy%27s+apk+3PDF 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_off0000df31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF31 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 395e7f75a91af475a9beb8dae68fb71c805ef333952f1e59df25e85d5b1bfaef
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DC 17400 bytes
SHA-256: ba53a1c2398149eb2b1027294821721bbce61e2e7cb899fe6ddad2fae1680ab2