Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6924ca61d5970b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 22:24:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d11bdbd5b2f242c541746744da18b6a3 SHA-1: bd019cd2b1e63ced12c9e33720dd417d20b43428 SHA-256: a6924ca61d5970b541283bbd1d4460f066cba27adad033fba0861c63b11416b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, specifically flagging it as a phishing or trojan variant.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89773611398.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f52019721d---zitaredosodabigitubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahsport.cz/userfiles/file/12961351812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/69246643303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76918989212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/lifedixemofakemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df8b0ec7507---42785805151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d5ffb935945cc259f3049487373cefb/10527344215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f252a26d4---64838749990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d91e92c5580273b89413bbf91d54b0/32665078848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/33140716590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27ac326b7a---39318425351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/regolatuteziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barnesfamilyre-union.com/clients/52050/File/94924302291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/41705938452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9fdead75db---jejuxasekoxojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuruwoxipipuwademevajosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d18ed18e3---wajelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/tojefomolazovejafenalimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///dexurezofezutomekupupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/21090808153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applecentervn.com/uploads/image/files/nokowelajinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1fb44e4b2---vafobusupowokegowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6674134ceef2c74cdc8c2ddbdc26a7b/mekiveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+arithmetic+densityPDF 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_off00011dce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCE 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 05c32908ebf1ec2260c481f91aa542f649373614f368a0a8ad4bb91e13d99a71
font_01_sfnt_off00014e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E92 10576 bytes
SHA-256: c89f10a8a571f96592750aa4e269d8bba7c432de487ab847e985139ca77984ef
font_02_sfnt_off00016694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16694 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1