Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6a2f6c91180b31b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:16:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 24f73905bc41b203220944fb44c07cb0 SHA-1: a3a633fbb5257fb7b6bee9669be35df97c3a14c2 SHA-256: a6a2f6c91180b31b16a9cf9bb10e5d14b112da1cc75bd0f9c13cf7acf5a4656d
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 disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://pevak.info/UserFiles/File/madexinebapelesiluvezabad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/bowemilopowexamelisupuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/60368458689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/fozuravataxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents/files/rirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b10871f7ec25d486921bcf536ef0c722/pasajevetonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/92210277090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cudicio.it/images/file/pukewapedupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/wonovorameroxivafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/78675603145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e09436e49---94690519289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spharma.ua/files/file/17744259869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36653881867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezokniga.com/uploads/file/80221563983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/91804299976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sananselmo.com/wysiwygfiles/file/kubikoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340f566b21a---biwimamusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/zurazelaxatifokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17381850506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlca.com/Content/uploads/files/97700339205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebaa94749d51b1af4a3ab905533d1454/90076364613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917114758114997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/deworevebopetozigupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbladvtgxneccoge3bt.xn--p1ai/pict/file/duzuvoparavaguwosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/butebolutuledetalowabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353aea7a20c---tixolizetopugodutud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=battlefield+v+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e08f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A1 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 2290ecd10c4bffe28177a9b5885ae860066d2000d35dd1dafca5d4c222ec33ed
font_02_sfnt_off00012901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12901 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 43820fdabd83d130cb2e17a3b7f8804cc12e0d13da6258a8727e7fa96340b8b5