Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6ef05c8e2473f5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:34:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 999231600a3634b23ab5652de50ac770 SHA-1: 9a5378b9d9748440c6b5da0df60e3f5baa9b534d SHA-256: f6ef05c8e2473f5c9589611f30429bfcd79a4247d1f46ab708a9dae52dc77fed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1d6a7a0ad468cd7fe7f280a9bba819/81943483785.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feafe781a5---34767374901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dd42e2ef22---xavigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/mobesimebani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/zowoxujabajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cda726858---pexavuguwifonojibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gawwaclsc.com/app/webroot/upload/files/japodowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c759d190b37---38384303891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katogimobapaxefabiwazebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jsq8ka4321kgd88lqu76sfecd/27934671252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b53531e8a6eb086a66567e50ae11abe/90005671301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c751ecb666---87414087420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843a9fbf68e---darubegowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/rapibadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c090036ca---wesirudipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d27bbeadf2---pobivajekezotojuwoselur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37508472866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/bejolabigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/3050076312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/56010706609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b3a40fe2d---85012425071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/91866393291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607510a240a86---11576954658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/52425102024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=molecular+genetics+of+bacteria+book+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_off0000cd39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD39 11120 bytes
SHA-256: af1d5d798702e1ea2b0332d87e1cad433543bd0bf1922454bb84311bcdc7d855
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E4 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac31e3404285eb69543246d2330c6047274ec5defbd885c63a246cee6e59ce1
font_02_sfnt_off0001149e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1