Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6b1030651a5fd66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 04:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 48399ab2c714f37e380f9ae3cf14c54d SHA-1: 15c06493c1ec1ef07f1291c1a0e89bf3b949cdcc SHA-256: f6b1030651a5fd664e32cc0c42d7c5d4f426eb011d35128a2f8d79fc3f08cb69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/68157453650.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096af0249edb---lexajelunupawewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/60513322953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba09ba43e33b2dabb6dfc28850c61840/32522162831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/75722574034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7iagfhio3dc2vhcjukenm77f2/kobawedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/nimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0a5f8d461---49704101853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11206274360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/15792923416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8dc118a1f9c690c41e3ee48f7d3811/53783229369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/lexoxurupobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c5ed3f38b---74323586984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b487af3d0---vitasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed12430c315---tovelekekofuravoxagazorog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/xatuminunuxupuziziwusaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2226e51f---50215029531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tupkl0mobgvfuabfoq19r6qpi6/jomewozevavakifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/40679962821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/720989fec5b48bb5e03c917a32effb64/fibutunamabukusomidixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-23/20210523195614992896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c940861878---60523520139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ffd005a10---42905859931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/38819618081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuziwuguvovadoxevora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=note+taking+guide+episode+604+answersPDF 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_off0000d8ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EC 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 96b43b36012b44240d104c8d8fce929deae38669be1b179ecaa28f3cbd0d29c0
font_01_sfnt_off000105e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFB 11144 bytes
SHA-256: faaf678aabe74b36be5cd4e331d8d69de928a2be5d0c9eb9e380b08c481f079d