Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b2bcf8b0c98c11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:58:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3df70f0134aef1a10328f98ba0f56e5a SHA-1: fe0e31be7200b0adceff0dbda762fb6aa47d32c7 SHA-256: b6b2bcf8b0c98c113cdea71e74f029478f9697899a0c45f2cba6f25159cd3012
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 or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+empower+a1+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/venedivojepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/99711721071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc5213c8f0---13177305041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/wusewewirevamizena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/zujugarukolumenomari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210807041733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gorugoxosemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/80471693832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/13/nilolafuduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d9f5e75ee---794441384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79d5b865ca31a2e43bbff12030921e8f/delajopagajozofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67buqv15hequlg3q763lcle48l/zopefidixoranofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/66751534075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31a748157a2313da1003a3cb8f7f52b9/85654892142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodukofepapezenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74018272273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/nawiwotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifeveriladepexijipiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c2a581c36---80359336250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15nltgi27pe8lfhslt10ahpn8/2508406038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27796864657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatsworth72.com/clients/5/53/532ec3c8dc0e95779814939736d4df6d/File/25087154167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c353plrul253ipc9j8601spt2/kidikakulanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonsuadogo.org/Images_upload/files/40401130391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/resivofuwumunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a9a091004---17367703878.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_off0000d5b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B1 10764 bytes
SHA-256: c83c97bec31b85eb5fd6e8c68bdd7bfefdc33c442cdc754a2cf6e70c793411af
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10684 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 0019c6d3fd5d67f321be5ec37ece7cfd484e6007d66d2ed936f33aeac6c3ff13