Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb6cb5e8ae0edb6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 10e56349d2930fd0b84f0282fd2681c2 SHA-1: 8396f9e0b83351110e0c11677ce331fc06dc7a66 SHA-256: fb6cb5e8ae0edb6e970f2bbda5de40275e8f7841e0ad321aea7d7b2aa0dd94bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. This script likely redirects the user to external sites, as indicated by the numerous external URIs found, some of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/68323113999.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768f7974477---82275110953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ad9b867a25bb8749e49bf3a4d545bf/xixowexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d775a1kfi2m4sjadcfjlrqnuhr/68306530510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa4066dca101278f42f5a375c7c1687/nafatovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lljn4o62iubq6f6m5kp7uc2cqf/56328988017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/53729463913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216121647382256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed6791b9ff2481d6a485f1e754157ddb/woxugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///26811458954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc381a24cd---2980221774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownsfamilyreunion2008.com/clients/81208/File/gosuvinuzubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/13354261156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d877e18ce57---3467623321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb144ae0db---76272643853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfp5q413116d0oqnv3paapgj12/wumalilutazaxowuvomewufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04036dd218---bogisitomotako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gv7b5ne7qnav8e54kuhd1cva1/rigutosatafimajafusobotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da8200d8a9---52650194213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/25288210447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/xovakakutexivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/9906445134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9ef611913---nowijipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/38e23472d943ce5e5fc5eeac6ac5a95a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/11850273527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=air+fryer+apple+frittersPDF 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_off0000e9d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D6 10220 bytes
SHA-256: cb5eaeaf38fdea3608b4c4bdf3b9f1a9d5a1df51553b4106e375bd6c11d9bf75
font_01_sfnt_off000100ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EA 17096 bytes
SHA-256: d639cab328d910aecd292bc6ce8aef5bcd943fcd0f5d764afc1b004dae08b8f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012d6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1