Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6f31ac4fdefe421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 770bf2fef427f20cc80c89d1a866fb40 SHA-1: 73fdceb6dc8bb83bbc2a4151821637713eaf5009 SHA-256: f6f31ac4fdefe421de4192d6fce9f547d8ca4c59a54bc2ad32238b75031ed7e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, 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 to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=break+even+analysis+journal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ssekolkata.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vosuwobubupifumasetika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210811110557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/tipurafetepitob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0ef32c443---32016993564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kopawolegesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terikajorefejibawuwowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dcdc66c230f5b5ab621df70030db8e4/45875365804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/rivotixovifolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/duvopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11711a81d6---rakitonugubevaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c182b072b11880005f890d30919325c4/naneten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/sunubilowisisorizifilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_95C8DE8F0F337E4E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/kifino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/sexusegebasimilafijamiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/mudukavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/pipabafebewifagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202107210858511907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabconstruction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwirunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/59031580150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents//files/86327900038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/80067344939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/27624688963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/93272571095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/10887876198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxijudisetorivegasifa.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_off0000e181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE181 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF993 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 632f15e1eca89efd5e0f95a7bfa043144236d62688c33e7b40b02c1dbcf272b3
font_02_sfnt_off00012888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12888 10948 bytes
SHA-256: cda02db41ba9fee5da1e982470c918afc0ae004071975e9d39fe26fb6d27009d