Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b691d8b6c3b93ab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-03 04:43:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fec4a793af452d2380f94275051ded65 SHA-1: 7be10813f66940db485153c9a612cfe556622e7e SHA-256: b691d8b6c3b93ab9df7668b1ee4ef29bb2e69b51b3c802d7a7348868a6017ddb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b11f905ce---95022437600.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frbv85im5osq1ti323ks01q3vn/48175578238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810b76763d7---92814384270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37598076107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722e2a4541e---68181107641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dec16e813---5202011459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2275ff5407568a320037c485a7499322/lakojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/18800418217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/77585113198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210527_012846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608208347eafa---96269739528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/42241674502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ukkoqn8olq4oid0p98kbuuhjt/93656327140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13267063992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/dukuwazijetigajudojaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/xosupedotuwukuxavifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c9c5cd0a5---tolotabozapozido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609499e4c5925---pugujodasanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20217152036205858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg892cmjlo6c2ferct794aj0l2/56844473110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/mivevuzoxoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forresterfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/cc/cc72bfd2512333311cc1ef5a4fdef90f/File/83207082530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/rejojabivuneruwuluwital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zugumebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/1308727359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+timex+marathon+wr50mPDF 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_off0000eb2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2D 19292 bytes
SHA-256: 2b58c175ca8102d5da1c6e73c5093b59277d229e1d0ad183f36cadab60177a89
font_01_sfnt_off00011cad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAD 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 3d1fe36b51aac354c6272cfc3b29a83645eabb1aad2a64a2a26193735199d359
font_02_sfnt_off0001355b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1355B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1