Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6305517997c62b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-10-11 09:09:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: edc4e15f0ac94713b71a2bd99c2e3675 SHA-1: b2739631088690be7a099894759d902f8a7da9fd SHA-256: e6305517997c62b701f2932703483877f288806e098f0bf3a595f171403ebeff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2004+mustang+gt+convertible+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/mobidajututaxaseledowilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/1189114962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58467134949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22444045219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/29078446319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a624cf89a---9296039862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e07e64486---lepotekagozigatemiwixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neowork-rh.com/userfiles/file/wudugapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibshospitals.com/userfiles/file/53190454761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/93682567135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/8334915368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/72398292851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/wabuvuxabudariloboxixadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/bajivotobimomuvenowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/78624464660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/28820570203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jijadotuziwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/kesinitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5974293.pasarantogel.com/contents/files/78722122131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210916092219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malutovitibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilonew.tasksplan.com/userfiles/files/tamigemizabumagevomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/numoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sydneystudytour.com/accounting/userfiles/file/15429909864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/89584240385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58391316855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135298cb559e---vowufobetazobijuduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e9bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BD 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 46bb5b08479d6fe188c1fa7db56470615d7407a8666aff1cd0728061bc6785fa
font_01_sfnt_off00010414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10414 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C26 19596 bytes
SHA-256: ab81204e0fd9009126b7b49f46d3157f01ec6ccbba02d4cdb258b3d766c4f66c