Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6b599f3aec17e05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:55:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9752c3e5944a5d5b632c2579359ed865 SHA-1: eec034835bd9fd461f77818c5e91ec3cd7375aad SHA-256: f6b599f3aec17e055671b5890038515b5e1e39e3fc1509e28c482f37e07f7ba4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and a high ML score. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/51121315692.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a891d982e7b4451fec845a632501af0e/tizugonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a398617a530d8b1fda75976c32ade7/juxixalobuwudabitemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/55305965921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antiochhighclassof70.com/clients/4/4a/4a4d67c83f6236388cbe8d22d68d4f91/File/42739945084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce78a0e0c24---37152899145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/jezodojitosadevaxukepebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/12570345247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e670458ab---47039899371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110f945dbb81---mozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2122226b1---fofepekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a341503d1062d7a4c4ac9d2c4fa7db9a/78029914099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/niwatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcsteel.com/uploads/baiviet/files/99880605624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/65108717509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d0030f77b---17918907070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68edf84e60422363124185bbb086e3aa/dewukovujapuzuleruvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933bd3513bc---taponapobafelinitode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solentpodiatry.com/jackvl940/web/content/images_uploaded/file/sidetexutabuxulutesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13643755934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slanfusa.org/clients/47225/File/zawazajobasudikuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4114f7dda58012e95b34001871c1c0/1386305232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86b2207df553b043c49cfb7f2d67c0a/29771901547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatename.com/uploads/files/202108311958121604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=veinte+a%C3%B1os+pdfPDF 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_off0000d3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3DA 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 9702141fa8549951b5753ccec33685346be673abef1c6634346514fbda3b556c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C9 19696 bytes
SHA-256: aa939f0d7680dc088c4855e2ea7c0df8b2045b9eb6e981c2cc00a6fc3a01246d