Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6904e4956a073c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 16:51:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 81acbccd8732fe013907066b7cd48423 SHA-1: 210d192537a0ebb687bca16c50d26546302498e7 SHA-256: f6904e4956a073c11fbaee80607081b3702b4c52727f9d132be334d09c212f3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/34823619237.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d2d348ce00b3818a4c179e90a80073/zeleselabugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d6b8fbc2---nokekiwabidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d686a95b0---91249961552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce664248a25---24595548482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73eb23d035---68761793831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2bd3e06cb---70459743564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c86bad8ed---37660913680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd8adf8c6e5f09bc7bba31a0b473642/68277487266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ce5fcc3e7---77305138869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd9c567a5c---96618508983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/loxiresubute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12ce97974c---78786392515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/motizinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbbfc0f8e0de2bf57843de9a60fa15c/fatejipojebonufowenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2694a654b0d9b36687d2001edb73a79/vopasafesumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/kogifugudamitulurexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/64093279224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adeefb856a3---muvabaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10486449713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58b30ac7fbaf5a7d0ebd6846e09a1840/68776799819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=29+awg+to+mmPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF623 10088 bytes
SHA-256: 778af0987cd60d78a302e0727e5f60a4734130c8f68cd26f8d7874312f215e2e
font_01_sfnt_off00010cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CCA 17508 bytes
SHA-256: dd174164e82eba0aff4093dacf1b6fe67c7549dd962950be260f88c646bf4e8e
font_02_sfnt_off00013af5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15303 16208 bytes
SHA-256: adcae2ce99ee619fff57e24027c8776bdb0e0b5c1fd2fda52b35df7e22b2fea5