Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6a957240375333a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 14:34:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d0d628e1b11f8215271f4e1fc4727dc1 SHA-1: a28990203e240973c5db349a5839987a98b2326a SHA-256: f6a957240375333a5282381ee866939aa9015447e8a75f861f113f21f7c5326c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of numerous links pointing to various websites, some identified as link farms on disposable hosting, further indicates a malicious intent to direct users to potentially harmful content or download additional payloads. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/23597500284.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614eff05f29b2---91050426850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/bizavixoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a62aad6fc10b4e36aceea099b45fe7/72534670904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elieupievbsqvu1947e6rv9rc1/38679153685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vobilapilijewozetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/jijubagunexutodekapugibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d243eafd6e0f8832833712f3e412a32/rezaxitewilizilabuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/nalapudedisejiduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/nozizatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/43732554817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--brneneskontor-landsforening-b0c.dk/userfiles/file/tegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaea7590ea---76520258802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///muwelagokemifelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/suketaxulosaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/57321960336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/redutabupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/lanejodotesoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obkladlazby.cz/userfiles/file/pezidusevuweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/63822347083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/geweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chugguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/vojadubikowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/75962941765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/36852399795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b594f1f0f---42874494698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godirebiniroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pes+2014+android+downloadPDF 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_off0000b650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB650 15324 bytes
SHA-256: 75ce7813d46e2226c951cf81f72be228cc9eed77699e45c58f599e07448f6ba9
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEE 10600 bytes
SHA-256: ec46ad9e2940de8c7e5b94e708bc1119670433e2d38f2e2e83e4778e37dedc9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f56e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1