Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6ff0f7e2543d669…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:17:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0c04875e8d4ca60bcafb2ef9f875286e SHA-1: e19c6c1ee79b41809c7c6e209d095fa36b45f6ea SHA-256: d6ff0f7e2543d669c9032db354a123ae155a79a8653a2282a5b0c512609e49d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate the malicious payload or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b729731ec4251084da4d3dd5aae09a4/55979174130.pdf
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/17304775420.pdf
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/lolujogaguv.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47965909a0---novaja.pdf
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/radisexis.pdf
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/59771221191.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd1eb6c975---67288132038.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522153242142097.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohe4ga3o00trh6a597duvolei3/498691111.pdf
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q81mpvdtaut2il5kdero3u3ei3/97512940585.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77c7d1c815---48748951196.pdf
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80b2b7ea403973a686ff9428b8dd3db4/55398064126.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fef92792a---kimewurokibimejifewuz.pdf
    • http://takemehometomatoes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutuxusofefapi.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/975992c34d86547938d92af7f6097e16/13943167558.pdf
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/37161619165.pdf
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/88968080468.pdf
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/lufemolebalogikek.pdf
    • http://euredit-editions.com/userfiles/file/48012364702.pdf
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibabuwen.pdf
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73483879265.pdf
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/83221755837.pdf
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/najiwoj.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a30a00ad39.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+place+to+stay+in+fiji
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001177f.bin
edcbb6700224ffa42627ff8a5db07678ff1adca948c2be7b2ccc4e88d89e4fe6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1177F 17088 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000143cf.bin
45de1bdf6d4862bd1f04241dff3656eb9082f689feaf62594c765aaf23257c36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143CF 10672 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015c6b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C6B 16792 bytes