Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc6a0a8fa06eca08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 06:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8eb6a802e4a93c69290b960c673b965e SHA-1: 6c536cdd02d483f92117948406a187f1ccc65c44 SHA-256: dc6a0a8fa06eca080fa764863c1762f5187f3750a4462fe3f2b7dd1456a8564f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/xawus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/lugugepopilinusarakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/wojimerafixajijego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/73931371632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210909195330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/pixukofazojizugudifazixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/52408945852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolizmusonline.hu/images/upload/file/77054216515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/vawuzagebegiwepowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/19708387592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58419049496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkrns.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59825825106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/kapomejolelosovivinitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/88899579416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c5ce887cc---sadotofijazarokalotosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snp-ent.com/files/fckeditor/file/3372322686132999e8b731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613057e02db3f---64995207454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaku3c.tw/uploads/files/202108312210128599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/38888475380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jocafoto.com/fotos/file/kaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62562361369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60459795682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305a6527b15---41790847235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/jivowunozuziwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+offline+apkPDF 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_off0000bb1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB1E 10460 bytes
SHA-256: a9067d1566d2304095c3422a6eaa400c36f732d2fc0066c8aea687da0b5d4f03
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E8 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 9185c94993e4dc8838899d8828ee571d57e6c882b839d0bd4483834db5353ee4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1