Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6f8f4e5fa8346c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:01:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0a8f3c72a2c61411f4c36b55a4ec0e0b SHA-1: e642a24314478ab5edf0bdf35a8a5a053e9a2f92 SHA-256: f6f8f4e5fa8346c20b0f858b653e4f453d493aad4538521e819ad40834e27333
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs that form a link farm, pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate that these links are intended to obscure the true destination and potentially lead to phishing or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

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 http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/kediwoxajumadofal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64923522736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/dejepuxitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsentco.com/upload/file/sozabobanipinumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/bujazijupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quizai.com/uploads/files/61256992476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3feb88172022cd3ec78c8006216d45/32863038504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb61753762---duzilupigetixagafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/guvakasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/gijizajowunejasenaduju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vol77q644dnsktfos9lamegim1/52273579078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/87104220608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4e2b12e21---25094754605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skene.es/userfiles/file/17079437932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewidor-gmbh.de/uploads/files/79479381990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperadora.grupocreartel.com/documentos/archivos/jezitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogofakevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/tigedutili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/64030871473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/wufenezuzasaxibuvowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/gasodadivukatose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websteravelandscaping.com/editorData/file/40449703069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/rofusedamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c44c2cc4af---73586718067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=classical+hindu+erotology+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_off0000c946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e15d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15D 11376 bytes
SHA-256: dab9500346eb7d9546d63cd7cc516fb97cf028d9aa6275f26d567b6de870f553
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBBB 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 622c0afa659e63a8230a8174f760e9a5341598ef4bcc095bfea7cb71a47b3ac6