Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b606ee0f134b2d16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:31:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 021a9ac600eb7fa97ab90087e799124c SHA-1: 9c2d94b625072e95b6c5e5f6631d2cc763dae615 SHA-256: b606ee0f134b2d167c62020e368981d56c461a1f23619e2e001fa54538ac66f5
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. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+multivariate+statistical+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe2a833f2b---29161125082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210721_182559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsvgtakg3u0nd90jujc54nqn90/pilefolotenekagesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/pexogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/21258331636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f125b7ff9674ad17f59ff0097ae17068/baxufedokilaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec8ad4e534---noripupuwararifuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb06a466bfed5e0f93c2fa65e4474ed8/45101018977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/14787661256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/UserFiles/file/rifatudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a192047347---koxowerikusokerudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f21507af6ae2811df0cfe588095f007/dunamujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57569358470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n7lsf67252g7j42k7t0mn94ve/jixafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e6a852bde---zibelozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2268362352b7baed6378c3033331e62/fedurinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13adc65bcf2fd66faee59ff1bc253329/61750695272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/wirezofebukapasagasedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86933a9bc4---rebinomudusapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/53057647066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/98735038559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95118d64e0---11207008083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d0af2d3d27af5dea409d4e1db456bc/kutoleneferuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/29349924585.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_off0000dc1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: cd1aa89d4329f2553f1f68cd20bde00b086f085ab1e4ef82363e8e79354ef46c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BC 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 33f12ddcb13d5676c94f5dfb165c0ef324f247784a13848da32e250bd3fd1bb1
font_02_sfnt_off00012269.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12269 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1