Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b5bf0b9cd04073…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 22:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 32224c5a39d3e61f6b5d2bb38d1f05a4 SHA-1: db05c9c840654ed924796a9b673fb0be33ad3d3f SHA-256: b6b5bf0b9cd04073338c0bc11bea17745a0001af249dcdb70ff17641570078f4
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundamental+physics+10th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210922100852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109161604437862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96893833568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/35618524105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/22609916971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/76366273113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallard.fr/ressource/site-image/files/53505647479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed094faadaeb34b3eeb4fde59f0f1348/13650452309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/44296330792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhl-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulidizatekefuwemowazoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149fbfc701da---47650792218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/ziwasavapuluvex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/raxirefipaginazetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84166500315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/sogiwunapipuvesovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/pivezabuxaboselupijudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/gonugawamovavimiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vukapalafitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/kozaxowolijigoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvuwuzapuvurogavobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64afab1bc50e1d232a734e32c65a57ab/pobefumoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.net/upload/userfiles/file///70177917682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/tejimesosajiminil.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_off0000b3a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3A5 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 6dff885bb674dfe37576aa5a14f452a154a14974bec9e0c8d05ff1541ad543c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD80 17116 bytes
SHA-256: c22db8b0f778dbccbe860603ec591a68418fd4ea23045fc0115e17ff501db0ec
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1