Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6fe97a652ea8c29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 259586346559f59d3457fb3042df304d SHA-1: f6fbf87bb3b421547a47b40ff79ec51d4d670010 SHA-256: b6fe97a652ea8c29cc5e5e27a5019a3430e3309ff0a32717dc546dc6351eae4a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

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://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124df14d7e5a---86646174262.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d57be3e4---79684100435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e679bdcb8a---fetasemawowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/43108284817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c03182c42---83742187021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f760e4d0e03db1acdd9adbef5e283d6b/28487296639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/64339911895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99da14e1c2bb76645939915a861d42e5/75680603958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/24376872833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089986f08fe1---51311603419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/44048806436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/37583444307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs86reunion.com/clients/6/67/6744625166a0df26c7abb40948833271/File/60645252229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/torud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/69664449760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/43770035032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5883ed555---niwuditumireropupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb1d50a22a---76755476561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15305628810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fu-xin.tw/uploads/files/202108201346099116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/vuzasatodanede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071935ce94b6---seropopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/47666382900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=explanation+text+butterfly+life+cyclePDF 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_off0000ff97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF97 18668 bytes
SHA-256: cfbfce2cc9b6e194a95309ca604b2234af27c64965162a845cc4aa35c1d4eccf
font_01_sfnt_off00012fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000147fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147FA 10744 bytes
SHA-256: efe88fb81c1b4702a57cce3da40686fceb3807fbc9dfa9283195e0ccf0362a8b