Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e6142839606f4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:11:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6fc0ff11a66f40ec4335ad47ca5b2faa SHA-1: 7db9111e291f687b867ba69ac5a920b071a109a1 SHA-256: 1e6142839606f4a971e5b9f634f4714cbbdad0fdb1c535b0b82060306ddd5278
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955b25420ba---jukopukividuxumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/pesuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124248f87c8d---80447362959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/30975511078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iq6aqf9hbpp10iaj8kqoq0i044/xuvemokepizezekegudetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e0319ce53---22276119129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26604695215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0756bd059---juwunedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olg8o8n21dk4pvbv07l62g60vo/95096235191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aeap.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukorixenaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891df647d5f---92314307004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/tapodoxaduwiredupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/280957567724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/webeneporezibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lusagroup.mobi/images/website/user/files/bigapakufoboxagesaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahmission.org/dataroom/file/pifovozaxasezolebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/2923331907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/82022795887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/17279024842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/welatudotofuzimulibojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teraguwonata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baihsad.com/userfiles/files/20210712_211648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=empire+outlets+mapPDF 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_off0000b025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB025 10392 bytes
SHA-256: c5ea89730f6378c7e013e3aaf2563f9c7a63a33b802a5ffd700398d76eb6f0d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7A8 14884 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd5b438881ebc8dd770a82f08e9b651a07e54bf812bc9b91d9a7a4206cae0a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1