Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6971116a26b5dcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f5d88c2a2a32e68aa27fc5abfaba58bd SHA-1: f2536968d59432e233462d715cda49bbaedc05a4 SHA-256: f6971116a26b5dcfcde3a4faf61b21d317a1b3d01422f6e37ef4fafb518b8d76
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://zamdq.com/filespath/files/20210821230059.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855989c95e5---72516896721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e794c654f124129bf8bd6aed8e0617db/lilidirufodifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879113ea7fd---69544922348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210903035433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/fusurarebewateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/wotovusigodutasuzagogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1tlstar.com/storage/uploads/files/kelivebafusoxoviwibeviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b466a6f2dd---menudewurimoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/linasopute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/pulejuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/35165902398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzbaosui.com/uploadfile/files/jaxumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95afa6cd26---50096669975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/8329477548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/74081311536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/32911873399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/66195008044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpackeg.com/userfiles/file/senafogibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/041bf1f41c7c7cb58afb3ca0ab2d1995/99342874103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuk-amro.de/userfiles/file/wexigavitupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/pisesepanoderaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e61f70449---20626518872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ignou+courses+list+pdf+2018PDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/xibobegozonubemozot.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_off0000ec1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1E 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 75f15faea57f7860181f5abdae20fc5940616ff2bc5dee0f2da6e00f61b3fdae
font_01_sfnt_off00011c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C10 11184 bytes
SHA-256: aa1358fb7c431249d67e2596c6c3fe679f16bd56780e0d4cba2c595f7bac6168
font_02_sfnt_off00013634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13634 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1