Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6af8360a08d8db2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 759ec88496a247bf2e888375564587a7 SHA-1: 3e4af85679c6ba676ff28a34c11cffc04b3415ce SHA-256: c6af8360a08d8db254981287266148b0d7df9129cd30c4e556e51680c06364c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://hotelcorona.ro/files/sorowugixe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4295f9d1bc---nuxowakajerazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848bc4f007f---54150378628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamunonumoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6feb6d74a9f6401975ea5393db9d28d/febugizutotuxakajexewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f932b026cbdc40296d4b57f4c0e0b94/jiroxukiwavisatipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9724f253eb9363864a91b2f69fd5e1d/lasonexojurafisetizekotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d72b716100e011e09f1881ab20b7c1/netuxamuparikerujafijeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/deponiduvujojepivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/nukutewiximogisaloduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6472737706---799774283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7aaf2fa10---xonojutuduzosubadonupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/96651499102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtuozi.ru/sites/all/sites/virtuozi.ru/files/93346258818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/91698051670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1510d13cf6---64667920559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/77004445286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/wowavuvizibugulizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/jovobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3nlhae1a4ppu6rpic3b81jdqs/56687613016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juraganmonyet.com/contents//files/14434187130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/zilulawesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50605764491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bddc5cd94bb39ec29d5beaa487c7285/31895439238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161269e1630679---dufirepalobuxotasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisestudentz.com/userfiles/file/9144367577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=aplikasi+kombinasi+file+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_off0000ddd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E9 17572 bytes
SHA-256: de032166d52dca0cdf6c0ac89ce335fb2384f604a912e6c2f18e32df54f7b3bc
font_02_sfnt_off000123c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C0 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 9b18b42a9c4ff0b7c021bdc8f6546d784d1b77b52e40122dc62105d000eabff2