Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7e6fbe43a8d2505…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:38:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8eeadc4c466c041c75361c71435e8095 SHA-1: 07c3291e0cd8fadfbd6708547c06c5e4a5d7b0ee SHA-256: b7e6fbe43a8d25055cbc42816725ef34a7f909d711837252e38c2aaaf87dc0a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/musodifavezotojuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bbhshipyard.com/userfiles/file/37982808187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161072c65b4855---wuxopokisesutigizira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt50dg1k295pnbtd9am4da9moc/99455559055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca4c3efc83---rodowabogevurixitunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopezufufoledano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lv4eiqegvg8i4p6pql655230r/24863646981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/gapuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads//file/fijegitotigemedapujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116f2f9595b4---35662736786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/serupekominebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a97dd49e9---bagunodazotozividolasero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/95710282212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/zosamodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76332862233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/94150821397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/pirugogubipawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59600753787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/51172387576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/88502038549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biwusivijibixajojavogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36412940440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/18883500487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sex+education+articles+pdfPDF 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_off0000f2c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C3 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 6a52fea5154229fe022f81effa89174e9ff45233201a7b71222ca002b00463d5
font_01_sfnt_off00012002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12002 10892 bytes
SHA-256: c52baccb34e3143acab1ccb94db76b8dc38db023b66d9731731fe2da35af1b3f
font_02_sfnt_off0001394e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1394E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1