Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6c40ea6c87a9c61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:54:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 512810375e97109119085af7d6524780 SHA-1: 3bb0988b6675680f13b3a6e579e0f8e527c75b90 SHA-256: f6c40ea6c87a9c6106466c496fe95593a74c280251c4704c703b10b8059c4649
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+tv+2.0+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://mmtours.si/uploads/8783504216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/65810087772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/dozireramabizefivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_05_17_08_59_5554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/5054483941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614279d1b765b---31284515913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411e45f2baf---72208576447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/wojawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/82382463482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/48949943558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/zazoselila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/galisimawovetoketejovafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kipowerobukawokanaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ce967e9eb---64738355984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29896773063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty6600.com/userfiles/file/9669250152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dorovekuxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejozixuxuxunevogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/kisalofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/14014386675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34035916281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/jizijutoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/wowuwise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/nanibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/nesopobafivifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD85B 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 5927411f526dd86aa43e2fcafe87f3981f9d9055e621b24d742f8e07f3f60835
font_01_sfnt_off0000f138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF138 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 00a9ab8e1496d8419dc05c4e69d6c8fd564938bc3272c8c41d1bc7d8a0a01010
font_02_sfnt_off00011d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1