Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6833873c87a3b81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 06:09:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1e6f6da58fec175aeb2fc8cfb589caee SHA-1: 6462985afe491540faa90a9d037c1fb49890576a SHA-256: b6833873c87a3b81994a12f38f58b1999d8d7b00b60f1549d273bbf73f88c267
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, including one identified as a compromised CMS upload, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 http://knauto.com/upload/file///mawuvusuvinidinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16436880204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136171d06f66---mojuwapowezujinot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulonevatodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/migobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/98561632376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xutricolor.com/uploadfile/files/wirijonowidozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/26810360482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/wobapusakiradosukugupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/pogowuroguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/xamudetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahidnawaz.com/UploadedImages/image/87935009331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudureornementalelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/93556632809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddengemsbookstore.com/userfiles/file/dakolebiwaleseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f55adcc16b53a828d162494117a603be/71740437961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65qabjgkftjv2s2mspmtatindq/naxomasewevedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harnettcountyhba.com/userfiles/file/pikumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madame-tina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshiou.com/uploads/files/202109140755441748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315b276350e---46011989676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fec874d257---50167554622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/79721795417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://membranekeyboard.pl/_data/file/89348579857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domesticsolutionsagency.com/userfiles/file/22226340833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+word+that+starts+with+%C3%B1PDF 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_off0000af6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF6A 15332 bytes
SHA-256: 5dcbf20ec666b80cd1ba3f43b0ec1707bc3873d17679cfe476fa28305db1ef5d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD652 10676 bytes
SHA-256: c705714c240cf5bb68f99d45ab6d7cb9ccd684f11d42171a3fba481da95e8674
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1