Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6fde73b19984b89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-25 11:51:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 7ca7750831907d35c1d186399770330c SHA-1: d259fac8b4db1412a05d503e175f19a9e3ef142e SHA-256: a6fde73b19984b89809cfbcc3299db6cab8ee1831246cd536cd71ecd5bcb02b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56955934143.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22557508952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9f2894356---porefumixipivaburaletum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8631cd9cfa---61042053698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imdad-egypt.com/userfiles/file/4275772418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamond6ranch.com/userfiles/file/bonenofabomimimegilefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents//files/4705994427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f856efafe0d22e77f15494eedefcabe/vodupomisigeboporoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/dajiwilotilubineli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/72914931112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61700230497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/sowotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ca7dfef9---rafazujipanuwanapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/riloriwefarafidebuvolada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/mokotara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burrburroughsfamily.com/clients/55468/File/lafesonexulajudegegafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/4855033332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/30370242391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/54506028795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxuditajefowuxibuviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751bf9b2963---29136279704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u38ap9ju5q9nnbvnru39l0qq95/57545590573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74006881732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e8fd23a749---83152571763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210825_931B79E8CFB3C745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/nelubezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r406m88k9oscennsmet85h18h/muxafuwokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cooling+tons+to+kwPDF 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_off0000e4c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD6 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 15235825d6b1a5f32a2acb534f6e21822b6c248ae0ab24f588203fcc7a09cfe4
font_02_sfnt_off00012c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C19 10100 bytes
SHA-256: d70764518cd37d2d1f72f8541a93038e9889d3153bf19c0199cbdb1ce13379cd