Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c6d717351154e4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 06:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a089dbffeaba7d4eb85160a289353e11 SHA-1: d1605d17da787148d009f9d7b1ce6062eb419312 SHA-256: 0c6d717351154e4d61a646122ee187f4c09d1afcb9ddf331f286ae3b089d469c
164 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. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+work+emeril+lagasse+air+fryer PDF link annotation
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3f796d005---97429950566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srsatta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79726251456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/76370558269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/danojojupagavedelofebefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilubixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/kafoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d1ba16ede---99956518498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/sonuvamafirimobepolasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/makigixideripiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizajumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetovm.com/uploads/files/wapexotavesuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161077d07e6c2c---tegurama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0a566039f---51488459812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91799985728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836e807bf17---79209644544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c830d71492791b3857363ad93434d5aa/misulojado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatenosesevevubago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/79360932961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99336607915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1427cc39ab720f69e875962a9554284b/95611122310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/zanimaxifoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/69393948272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436ab757a9ecc71120f88e1f762a485a/71041740843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64af56f3f87d8d053d63724222ff4fc/62113521370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a01652c1c12b1872e898911f5190bb/vimetelopavaxefepuvate.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_off0000dc56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f46d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc3860fc97792c74af2f1d50cffbffa15fff0a239a39a76b925e9c04e7c0fcc
font_02_sfnt_off00010d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2C 16064 bytes
SHA-256: f9aacbc062b6516f419357fe6f85f60f5a511a8aa25548d838a457c6facd92c2