Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6bfd8aea50e16b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:08:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3d0c42913dbba2da01e14e3343d6afe3 SHA-1: db43b0b816fcee72deeeaa6bc6835a09c12e6910 SHA-256: b6bfd8aea50e16b6743448281d1ef855d27b606c14d9416d9d5ee4df22b9a4a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites 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 distributing further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or redirect the user to malicious sites.

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 http://merklink.nl/site/data/ws/files/noloruvudunixejezupub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/23823881360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/43511854286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/28932981840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikaxuvipivofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d34863a0933---83218746431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/52233541341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/77312913525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/89919675908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/xesolabawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/84965753432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogawigojurekujepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a10cec384fc5d4437ab3ead29868a2/39402117564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livilgirls.com/files/lakowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamer.org/userfiles/file/wudoxatonuzevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5ce41331d---26598301234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/67391229393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da49451e27---27103569711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/96482598236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofutaxafiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/lujurisasadebefojujaseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c29bfd9696e46ceba4094da3ef87feed/sorejozupiwalasobexusuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a22f701ea8ba01330277f7f4f020fb/99108551699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/93528887772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=numeri+ordinali+in+tedesco+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_off0000dda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA8 18900 bytes
SHA-256: 51624a0a11ad019104f2bdd3719dd8735c022d5477309018bd46ee7f7bcbc913
font_01_sfnt_off00011030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11030 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 366a5b5189db1caed18d1e889145d5008d3094460d59780af754af691eacbc78
font_02_sfnt_off00012940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12940 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1