Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6bbffa65d5d88cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:45:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f79e3be1bf9f1f61841c1b568f6640d2 SHA-1: 39628c95067986fbdbabe2ee798d2c661a0bbb4d SHA-256: f6bbffa65d5d88cb9a2d50033c4402bb22474d88b2752a4f16aa278b52d7aaf9
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 malicious documents. It also contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/nujovojirulunovamemap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ad06be5844501fe96d4d4a3fb9883d/85593901408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40666433810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210919201529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3c33be59b---rorapowapokipusegibagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/zurikexobexulonewerika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30546724240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.eu/UserFiles/file/49797238840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/xosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stomerijindex.nl/images/uploads/zawafasuwuwelefanobanej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49399771246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahanakhon.pacedev.com/ckupload/files/giloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsphc.com/userfiles/file///tapiliriduxiwikigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestionarival.com/userfiles/file/26201243075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/52430770057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/lidokejaguwimubinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.net/slicice/file/nexusexomelosuvisinipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614202eddf55f---79985514269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38587447192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/76010652546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytrangroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/16310655311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/tukebizofafadibelorexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/82622388675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66941528364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/36624337282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hack+app+for+android+no+rootPDF 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_off0000f334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF334 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 4d345c03675ff05dd4243e8212f143db146cced19f625a2c991e4e767507f9dc
font_01_sfnt_off00010aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C0 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 317fe5bcaaed07b49e0b2c522873bdf34b2e1d80b1f201f938dfc76a5b87af59