Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6ff951d050c7eb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-26 16:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3edfd18e90137cb24bbc1a3181541584 SHA-1: b755cd1958314f1dc49f65434ec98a89e9c70190 SHA-256: b6ff951d050c7eb294f046926082deaa3048722deb878097604235c4dbac3dc2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/buzozujekosanewupiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4203c7fae176db47689726cc9ba070f3/nafapavasolirawabuwuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/matonodarafojumujise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/taxaxotivuzafopizile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zionhillfirstbaptistchurch.com/clients/73368/File/sazofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/mizuzefizabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cca4171d8b---mimaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609859df143bf---67983665602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4043170c81c1fd676e51e4c44c702095/kopofewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c571daeca648d62a0fe09cb3c64dc9fa/jusirezavuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9558ebafcf---rutiselebuwavefidifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e2793311---tesuwuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/fotebibizujutadugodubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202107/files/20210721195401430257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc36ea1543---jigugufixojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienanglass.vn/upload/files/67211201040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3529c1f92---63570656763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1r0dd2o9joj7sir0r71faahva/88823867484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894acd31b82---85395104051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f491236e43---xatanatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/72242278107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/xosomisolekejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/dafobuxokodikosazezarosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/94088298968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/64044836365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=lazy+boy+rocker+recliner+mechanism+diagramPDF 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_off0000f758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF758 11084 bytes
SHA-256: bb0500bc716e4c4f57995eb7f1e5d0ee425cfd5d5e1963b34729abd5e498d2ad
font_01_sfnt_off000110c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C4 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 1b437464281b39664ecb40b0664ac74f197885828ee83a770554094c3cf99478
font_02_sfnt_off00013acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1