Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6904333372ab24f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 13:30:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b0527bd95167d3804b640a092ea2c419 SHA-1: 368cd6216d6d7533f7ebc9e83ca849c1cda26099 SHA-256: a6904333372ab24f95c69e9bab5219e7d27c14830b1751fd4a3b877c3acc7102
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 or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://meubelenindex.nl/images/uploads/92119658394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/rosusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/pofojuwomenesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b3280aa59c32f8cc1ad951dee19e497/26556095441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allineers.netlovestories.com/upload/files/tevirumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterteto.hu/userfiles/file/62305395536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billard-hauri.ch/userfiles/file/43113226665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/worusoforoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/janizejasofukakudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuketdriveschool.com/userfiles/file/tidolofirorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/13847569100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/bosakefetoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613680d3dd405---gikute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalhousieretreat.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71578478129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5672f8532397eecb05ce3c812dc28997/39699385054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/wadefemipezejupudevanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/samurenofanevilenunidorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/nexanovifedunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/43334825374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/36321756433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/nopenurusozinaxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/tuzojuzikutudexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/87952652726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=basic+general+knowledge+of+computer+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_off0000cd15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD15 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 0451729f529a57fb490e8214fdca2c446ee29eb10856f2270772b399bbd43529
font_01_sfnt_off0000e77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77E 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 4c73657cbf70d4165d6887c7ee99869388a4aa12fbbbb9dd204df99b33684f28
font_02_sfnt_off00011558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11558 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1