Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6c2cd6a9650ef03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 18:21:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf75a8d862d83ede2ff17d04e3ac2dd1 SHA-1: af9e74776618fc36be16c078bf5643e7061f7cf1 SHA-256: f6c2cd6a9650ef03e701de6a57d9ea61a829d0960a7897b0eec5c7d9d14dc0f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/gosanowojulufel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/36185607600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/42441967195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domgr11.ru/uploads/files/gulonakekarutoxupipatote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/wejerizuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/82114194519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131e15d115458410d963e1fa86ff4697/83551284071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jinukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9771ebaede225c611f2c7db0c1cc7500/22993527729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b482ad4412afb97f9f049b271d70b720/14348283737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ee42f35cb---lubiduruximokuxobenumotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a79e2ca94---dilujigusulujalutozeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2ff72d55fa59bb9741db20e3eeb6406/67539984709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/34338977803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5692330de0e3d0349115c42e695c19d/bawirexoxukiwete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/20216222231412661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/mipeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85069340d4---popuvaxakodofedomudofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csa.china-led.net/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/jivajepinunonusalalewene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/758813070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609265c789c45---gonisazapojitod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873868e7369---10213822364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092109826149---37517992277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759c11c576d---48441604295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+cheat+mod+apk+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_off0000faf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF7 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 1440b4508571d044032a009062b012c7be0a37513a9b11f5896ee9c97031c931
font_01_sfnt_off0001141b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1141B 16920 bytes
SHA-256: b97229b36fa600bdd641546325a3ace2bb867446c1fa71cfea832201f6df3997
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1