Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6b8e3019bf79d88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:32:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 07ac72683470cc5e21395b89b79da266 SHA-1: 1e3f9444398c5ba69a8d9900c1f7df916a2f7135 SHA-256: f6b8e3019bf79d88298e1e569bb435618fbcf5b9c5a40dc915a2dceb841cccd2
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. Additionally, the document hosts a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, strongly suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://winso.tw/userfiles/file/banexatijigat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/602cc3a973f1a2206e13c90f5219ee06/83606716193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///84933209514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/sozenegegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/59436744055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/99714530193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/411ef901811cbe9718e7e597d6e38a5e/zomujajogodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/mokevufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/34586665683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/gusozefunatarufuropanodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1f42e97b0---41483793697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/jemekukuvubetanali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/26990351605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c2pjii33g3khmjmv4lku049bt/lixidosinosugiveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/730d3a6c71f409efb4cf3d0752cdd258/koguzugekuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/46017444204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/5970948610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dp-engineers.com/admin/userfiles/file/govijepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608326a7c60c5---bawomomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079611b88c2c---94423174420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19157e8b8448fc1b26b7c0a76bd87234/83672390150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j3up3irc3oecf2hhclutkrkco/pefute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/bofalizimozusedofama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=english+word+with+bengali+meaning+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_off0000c18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC18F 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 16b8a00f173e7fd9fb348e1a955219095a5e85dbf9671686dacb3e2073e2578c
font_01_sfnt_off0000db03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB03 16828 bytes
SHA-256: ab7c7ced2d519a2a40055ee93fd9da036f66ec930d93fb27d88350efeee74fc0
font_02_sfnt_off0001060f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1