Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6464aec88785cf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:02:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 63733ff51ccaa504708e9907273f24f1 SHA-1: a204157aa6083670324f1fc557065c02ece66612 SHA-256: f6464aec88785cf311653de5365d0f4699d94e97e46933685f75aeada0d9194c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically points to a link farm strategy on disposable hosting, reinforcing the phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pcap+guidelines+2017+philippines+pdf
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14373558261.pdf
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_521F83C0676CA727.pdf
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/bezawazadigebunofok.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/ruxixewatigamoxatanibu.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/17174686409.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b371d28b09c---xenanejaruduposedazupobut.pdf
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/78437789072.pdf
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/17153874203.pdf
    • http://hpcad.pl/Upload/file/38187849277.pdf
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_574EDBF489F91B65.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmvi931gqdh65jpnprct0nk6d0/88406383197.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/vewabelodinamo.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098391e226f4---rabep.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf48880b545---bopinadefimikabojusagis.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u23m95huqhmlanbfqse8ncdmc3/futidut.pdf
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/5201386688.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l65ol5eqgiof5n2s65cnu6rk7/walemukapa.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0da9e71552---givegesaduneso.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73030d11b71fda14ce41c0de4c21e4b2/dokar.pdf
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/60869506963.pdf
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/40604789506.pdf
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/bagagalon.pdf
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rrcs16a196mqgbef985voal1o/nimizepatelizefopofem.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080945b2931e---bamopamizunawarurugisine.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7189ae6a63b5fc332952e8b6fdeb5bcb/87265212895.pdf
    • 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_off0000d42c.bin
f33bc5d0af0f7346c090e1b1bb51fe54b716aa0b221551461061ece1c41d970b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD42C 11028 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000105c4.bin
fc4fe680ec7ba0acde8ef6d87dfeb807fcca98aeb44a3563b62b4f95418a33e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C4 17600 bytes