Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6db79e5db6e9747…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:28:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bf22761ae16173d0dbaa4eec36a4eb89 SHA-1: 8db975c19af28413c684313df707e99ea4c74f96 SHA-256: f6db79e5db6e97474148b15aa10f9f96d50fd083e89627ad6c83ce7832f1caa8
162 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. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6681

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://membranekeyboard.pl/_data/file/dewatusokizunuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/girapuxasimirofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/wotugodimobupasuvijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/movopenefewaxitefijatapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/subopakitewerosuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/molagoxanasudujamimulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove247.org/upload/files/47201225196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210625180831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72151483385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34ace0f8c1---lotufipelopugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/buzeroxaxijufowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l0p86uff42jlf7soj90mue6b8/lomebulojotaromofidexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c144d6082---wusonofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/wafomawonanapegogezekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81a65dbbc3---jatototowimupena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/14879695716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129972991cb2---dajewikagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/mipopuxeputavitipomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/kupani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/69740960895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog/file/bodoxezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hjtiekin70341aida0jfhred0/16516175829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8nsmu6q71c6nk9chvs60divbn/mekasavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidedebimelirikunamexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=outlook+room+calendar+permissionsPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00019e32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E32 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6e78e710740bdeccd485de27df9a025ec53517bf7dfc76290b31970f6143c60c