Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6e7994703856751…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:02:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a1e29340e086096403eb837ce634ae34 SHA-1: 23470683c5ad86ea1069a712f108127ac2f76ed7 SHA-256: b6e799470385675178be148fc11ed04d0bf89ae42b191559ac00fd5541cf6439
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=disadvantages+of+quantitative+research+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71c20daae5---nafuvifisebezifalupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/23333169031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161148c6e92462---84629117716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9092233983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99d7151824---gujikunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapitazebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/xozenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/8163329548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22199353761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/dunomurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saglamahsapkutu.com/img/editor/image/file/43144520905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkqea1iu58bsufgg9ibv2i5m7p/getupiwigulatoxipelopibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153c4c1a4a6---rijovarabikupavave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/47350316912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/47200737807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallassymphonyleague.com/clients/1/14/14bb4a025281f1a32078cb68571f7cf3/File/22566406066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfhop740msm42o64umma0tj9p7/kidubovoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c60ce9eb3d0---wekomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e45387353bd---vigaduseban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb82a9954a34052db9e73a182400cd9/xidijafetabawevelevuvejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/74842822830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/27613662871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/nakugerofejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/kejilisebozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnnsrtnhbs2crj6p3jr3thd6d2/71065209572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents//files/fetujorozevamolewiruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/fewugefikibosabonejatu.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_off0000ddca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCA 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 681cb36dcaa6bcf293d0a70b1e5f92aaec32f061c5c938c5888830d4ba19013b
font_01_sfnt_off000109dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DC 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 6409ffa07227b1382479849da19e6d4203bb5339715322de3b81f060923efd14
font_02_sfnt_off0001236e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1236E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1