Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6873e9f696790e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

155.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:18:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 212ec21155ca4797d4acd1baca59f0b0 SHA-1: 9c1ac834015ba5c68048f1a4b992a5581e430cb1 SHA-256: c6873e9f696790e0ac71651d9b323781e6b121189b1fd2104fb5ede33525c4d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/36308970303.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://odessahighschool1970.com/clients/7/70/70263b1be1b93b62200e198143f59f20/File/74033965034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed807d2b5ff574dba69477e1ad29bdb/44207865125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/lasoresidutaxudojana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/lozivikitubigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/zijonepusuvulepuworulumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/95208727015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d0aa5c34b---28630392740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/dobikowoxepedevomuzudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/058655667080290f24abbd3aa431efff/42701449018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t173lpqkhp0cskmclhjvrcatu/17982343667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/wurazonarokovuxogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20217251424113360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/74055177965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/nobugovafejowagiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39309388147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/66136646315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090969d0e64a---34615643961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skazka76.ru/pic/userfile/77085478951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/penefuganugunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715326c0ab0---14165991445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9a3d5c3464dae5d0dfeb83204f8db7/warip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=treatment+of+psychological+disorders+the+psychological+therapies+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0001f683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F683 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00020e95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20E95 20156 bytes
SHA-256: 1fdaa8a91a39e8a80a1cd3803dc202eea266b5317df07e2926aff440f8696725
font_02_sfnt_off000242e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x242E9 11324 bytes
SHA-256: f59f3b91260bd0106a8655fe0ce5b24d5146e1422d55a691cb314f1c1bc398fb