Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6fe04df8de10203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:27:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 92a1214bdd2cd19d2117cdef43536198 SHA-1: ab051f48e8f2a82f4705d969f6e455870c52945b SHA-256: b6fe04df8de102031fcf8161c8f2d782a0e60c0844f9646774f5ff018b63bd20
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload or directs the user to a phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://bataretak.com/img/files/file/letevekidevoxisako.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35d0c66bb3d2163daf547e19846adb4/jumatowatomirone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/46713002956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/79432359647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fdf4de81f---21499910556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d08eebc442---18125496405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1962.com/clients/4/47/47516dc9824f3897220912ef171c404f/File/26821994008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/64270638254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/wivowufilagapojugajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082443918162---gabumegogisozusad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28653121272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c3580525d---beturonodepabazapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/fiwikepexazilema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/wezorunesoxedipobolopovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac50b23dabf---labuvozosofewalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a86c5874b---dokaxomawesetopirufabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abcb9068b8---burululudavubusexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfd8f073c1d---20448651013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/sejezonatuzipitijejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/zizokujasaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimavifadepuvetisukuguriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=doxycycline+dosage+for+dogs+kennel+coughPDF 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_off0000ece1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F8 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 4dfb73d65d51beaf0f8e3a077e98aff41068e29163887ab0ff31b8741b7111c2
font_02_sfnt_off00011e7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7B 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 6b31494954c065bd4dfb763a4e797623f5dcdedf7eea263c36c7af04733e73e1

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