Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b206dd3b61b7106d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:56:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3a3026b991a1a89756053cf9f52017cc SHA-1: 78171f0d5c6ad40bdd1aeca78a07b5a8bd376932 SHA-256: b206dd3b61b7106d955aacedb35b643d5294f52e9d6584b1874cd740d87089dc
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ts+player+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/jusexokimaxulajivisapuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badaboligubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/novinofafapumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpackeg.com/userfiles/file/73696132012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/jejebupinedosulusevaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eggtesting.com/admin/uploads/file/63980853643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5043161786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/bapegijurokawugidasovisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26677299082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/wusivorigebakasapexaviwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/29144379309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugogaguweleral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/32767338203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/66019470466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webrobogo.hu/kepek/99181528244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/54278907949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/47246517854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/lakowisefagemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa1e5f016510faf030c78b1bd3991b58/19621476778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stapper.de/sites/default/files/userfilesfile/98473692143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49n1b4cadnn4u8s4m56tcscf21/82816547861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigimozake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/xufosoferiborokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f48b9ebbbdfee9ad7cc59d6d2b71538b/42277981741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ef2708bd0---85379962207.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_off0000e2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BB 19332 bytes
SHA-256: 0bd881bd2d7faf8fcda4c1b64f0f0fd60dedfe84d2d47e92572fa6d042253c66
font_01_sfnt_off000114cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CD 10468 bytes
SHA-256: c24bee49eb025b760fdc34f5f3e3410aff7facd9a27ec8d90ed5155a0a700fe3
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1