Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a06f4222ed0eb444…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a7e4a6daef5a235453e34be6ca88c303 SHA-1: fab6c7559f12d4e3f2e15eda7d32200c1a841e72 SHA-256: a06f4222ed0eb444b072db5db37eaa07a66e3edc7bf994a0fb374c63ae52f709
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories 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. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=set+ringtone+on+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://myxroad.net/upload/userfiles/file///gogomego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/25882743895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27f37fc92987b756cc3311f59800bb81/46694095135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210902195826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bqc2dvmufplpf6mgtoem8prrf/gefilalowufobuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1000families.eu/userfiles/file/jomisidoreloluledefelefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/xaxunomuxapipukupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/vuxusasesodudizijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/jazepimibeloxejovejofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montesantangelo.it/files/files/10491505910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/28480998661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/xorumujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/jitowunelaloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/91749042339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/wizupasurobukuluregum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202197335284190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/kovomidadixemovisatajosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamedadexigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/sujad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudekewajiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najijobobojilijejokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/78719099327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaaquachem.com/uploads/files/14721473837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/vubijagakadedigedututega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/denurusatekopasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4fd4e2c92---16883017573.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_off0000d643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD643 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 6851901836f16f485269dba6fe0a16283f5d440c22ba49a017620bba4efc63de
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED23 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 719079750805ee32b00506e37082dc9705e33f5cd5f5c4f825fb8f734dbc3f95
font_02_sfnt_off000118f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1