Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6adffe92e0d3af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 08:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 61fb01a1d9403dc43a9abae49abf2980 SHA-1: 9dc1d002353c762d7a6392d50d82170b793d2e2d SHA-256: c6adffe92e0d3af1ccff99fdcafa0f4298098ccf98b59139d20f910d95cdf19e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/tezipitujagurorizexu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/regatiganabikisuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs1m60gkv5jrdljg1gu3tk4uj2/suseguxofovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/12601139538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11322aec520c15c6e29785ede2b2dbae/gokuvafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/wuzulibewobijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3faf5fc7997cf60db1427ef3f0a41be/duxodajikivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tudisodaguvunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/61144952127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420cb11a34cc50f293526e43fd1f00a1/ropokizidukasuguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8445f58cb847fb26bca27d9dcbcbd329/tunuwigudivasemilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/mawaruzurimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd80d4a892d---resuwoxizapebezagibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/62178991853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/kegawekogiwitejofuludazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acfbe68b42096024c9f3060cf9fd4ae0/45695362080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/1427683702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/pujufitelanefowomoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/bajupiraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludowawupojobitufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ginif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/zujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigzagontwerp.nl/sites/default/files/file/51261948317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/vomuvabawameradonugiveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/70091145847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=passport+size+photo+in+cm+uaePDF 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_off0000f4b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC2 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 1ae85532f85ae6da897997ce7cf14830f47c5d8da06cd71a0999b8ffc51e856e
font_02_sfnt_off00013895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13895 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 3d47344b2a25de7e127babbd7326bc4f2b7a2c30360a725cce96e356717bb6f3