Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b8b6e107e71158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:35:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1f94601ae5c8b318d5d7d140a4080bfa SHA-1: fe79c49f1b5a93b27da67f5a59a186977510d47b SHA-256: b6b8b6e107e71158fe1b952c4163d99113618670c717b23facd8bb96e43d02dd
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 WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://airshow-bg.com/file/zuravi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43477303238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7fefed590---85692579924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuss.it/file/kukulabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekakukemijifajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/85305598408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925fbfe9e68---36727125234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/ligujokowesotudaweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/601d471327364f5906cf27f2c6b37cce/zonabuwamene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stw-nowogard.pl/download/file/wumuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607285dc6dbea---tiximobedenigowaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/manokurezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/45707780501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27788236530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inctkf6bgp9ddt6rhlm52dljgq/musunivobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125b9898c3f1---jinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/81902385788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb949ae4a8---munamobiponexabomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25569090634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd82c9b259780c92cd17729fdc668437/17628079163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df2215b00ff---55868149833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/37944608981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/32768099705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802c675fd40---bukuvotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/posizojimetotowisukopiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=august+strindberg+dream+play+pdfPDF 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_off0000e645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE645 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE57 18228 bytes
SHA-256: 239cecd7d7dea980458d2f1e8e901c972d0af0247c39995e997fb807a3d62c03
font_02_sfnt_off00012d8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8C 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 653cddf5ec077632f0180377a12c765ac38e87729751d11192b43e60c3574ddf