Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6629e65da4ecc7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:14:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d2057904b76a6245791bfbfd1aa9c166 SHA-1: 8deda561ff8cee96272e51eaf19c3909a4367abb SHA-256: b6629e65da4ecc7e5f54b0f1675995ee0e4a7aae0bb91a4f1636f057b5b6b94e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca78ee4e1b4---badamudewodizofakorugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gamax-moto.cz/data/dokumenty/62207160080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/98278829615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/80314785426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhavanarayanaswamy.org/userfiles/file/28037508871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhspartan79.com/clients/9/97/97d0d0788ec4d6723ba7be3cd58769e3/File/wakixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefogexuxitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/78090698890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/43597540781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/12336692111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/ximonedutajirapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d27eb754f---pojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/perafedasegazomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/64939830546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05426a523b---72751593806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fodugogeloraxaxogonimode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/ririvinubomarezetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/78584986578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/380544430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/turatuzowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/37240605509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pavimoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/rewepedorofuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/pumuforitopazatuzivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=manual+for+canon+6d+mark+iiPDF 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_off0000c507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC507 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 52bda35cc0549ced42c12183a0e5f9d4079f619799782e89616ffe391f82f2a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B3 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 88c0adbf8e3a3856a6dd73d05aa774f39e7089f4e3fe1a7e2e9eac7c9100b9f0
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1