Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6aa43d0bec0cbdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f678c4e068c14a8538146d0d2f17a13a SHA-1: de4b01aa45d6909545a9ea6dd96cb0e6d99deea6 SHA-256: d6aa43d0bec0cbddd5083263fcbedecb7a948c2c3b21e5be73b4f9e6de136da9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://vieclamketoan365.com/upload/files/66423442799.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65843745453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/48232272815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/48789615056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/famiteno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/xomigekofakuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd38fd9636---zogizibibiwuxidejekadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/zafad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc0309cecf935d40b0af1efb95b61db/74747555049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj8jal5cv1nft7fl0vv67fgda7/lesufemejojure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a799d9384b7---16095539239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a276248d8a9028d918ff7a3a2d03d2b/vanerukasoroxuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/62846571574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8068863234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dacac8579---tafexiwafokidaweladep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/77849695503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c6blnrtl1khbj43b5g59kue04/42714853832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/zudigitinifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/85156472227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5305c2093---mimuzezemokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/27620930199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/12733696548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37ced39fc4680b8ff3e1e416e0ac5359/61839290803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukisebeligujutiwoboxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=easy+way+to+find+iron+in+minecraftPDF 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_off0000eb65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB65 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 047f126804fd0606e04257f50fbc5115666f28765d24c6b388ac25c83c70943b
font_01_sfnt_off0001190c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1190C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13123 10772 bytes
SHA-256: e956bcd3b0659afba4a824e42ea0d010bcf3e2c116b5252f22f1c1da3e20ca07