Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6a026fbb86f5bbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 20:54:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a964091798f66e376098786a294f7c8d SHA-1: 2dcd3f4ee123dc1f01f3fc8ff5ff83621c303cf0 SHA-256: b6a026fbb86f5bbb615c7a505156421666738176e19f1dc3cf3999b1641a816d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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://idevicesplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/87997471805.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://waxiangyuan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905033213743564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alansglobalservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/153290101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19789243994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zenewepevikaxopoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/91529229553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59315425261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b6e4ded6f---65563834145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutedotetodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0912e50fc99f41b3a63fef35d9726f3/zesukafipumitisela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvupolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagegekokakapineki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/dizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131949ee6817---ziwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58979525753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bo5mvlb.com/data/editor/file/firilofimoziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eav9s29ndoln2rkj09gar7g9kp/wadizexukaluwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/wogivawafoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/matenarekogebinolawadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/16364994616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/39068138584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanhtam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/47468567512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/rizukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e11faf7f5ce3e8f51e9883facba9c6c0/32240828125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16447fd409dcf4667039b8579263c5d7/gipixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613052cd7de82---31278907489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ooegh2alc4j5qjufncosrfq75c/16424497513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=quasi+modal+verbs+examplesPDF 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_off00012ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF1 19956 bytes
SHA-256: 7661a2596c490d2451e7093aaf22c10a96f73dd972059f37ecfc7e7df9953974
font_01_sfnt_off000162ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162EA 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 010f9563231d40c9eeaab68465094643483209f4c1fdd4e811b50c277d2f3854
font_02_sfnt_off00017bba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1