Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6fb97108dfeab25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:29:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f11101d778378b719eee8348d3e09638 SHA-1: 82f0c713f8760393c6033ad2cfc4e3867a591e94 SHA-256: b6fb97108dfeab25d16867510b6f88ec214a442d256db6d2c17f2cb2dc0e0074
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs forming a link farm, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests the potential for malicious code execution or redirection. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+line+themes+android PDF link annotation
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/34758477337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zolmedis.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogekufoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thaiahpa.com/flash/files/devibevetewomomezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/fomodiwipudakose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tematel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinaia-vik.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/29719124890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384110da4ca---sugamufefefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37887884781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/80450759662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perevodvnegiloifond.ru/pict/file/loxutadatawaworuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galerie45.com/userfiles/file/vokedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/sejiwufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141731e48cea---56200901108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210914150504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papemijiwubetit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/bolenunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabipiwifemuvotunutofiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/jodejolazeditoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cppzone.ru/users/blogs/file/460251267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionradvanice.cz/res/file/51999331780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--atpta-nfb.lv/images/userfiles/files/vovotuvinilebenosulilebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/daxesuvorapigitixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381980796f824177eb774f6b1a90ca6c/84028946151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa3l0ih5oq42i5bc3shm423efi/93981459734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/71967088579.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_off00010cd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD3 22448 bytes
SHA-256: be56d8811152a457c4a29feb7c85a5692750537c99e852b829e5592d2d1b06fb
font_01_sfnt_off000145b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145B3 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 2d1f34e28b50e2d1ce1ec3cf81806c906facdf94dc6a930dc2a8f11555db24f3
font_02_sfnt_off00015d4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1