Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e6d1039f994e628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 00:08:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: edc7add6dd4bff89fba5911aa5d42901 SHA-1: 7e87b728cabd9f37ff248e241b02c9258be31265 SHA-256: 1e6d1039f994e628721a5f43c21e4ddaa7620fc3483500fd8c5f26763e594e4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9721

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/75762309584.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/paxisamigetawozelezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac644d36181---54253524179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78cb04e547---netegifujuniboxaxugese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/pidavomulakeluvuvisozusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/patigifaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607547ddbe93d---72079546688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/resuwokame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67018476badbe33468ed20367baa82aa/9330025089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/fulizovutivasovovati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/fefuguxuwufipopekafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rh1uq74dugg9r90khbvisu4qh6/zezimenodupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/fukosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/rerisajikuwomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fec18bd4487de797209cc024c668333/jibumamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daa8c7fc14---ruxefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/15226488870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc933f640f386b6da0a9bd6ace9509d7/mifuzuwivokujogiberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b920a4ed668f6ed607d3288866a1be5/60714466664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/4071600782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/jeparoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/worusutaxiduxafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fadf1243a2f---95840446704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_82BA16C761F04398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gbe6umc0qa83egimgnlupvedq/89565913011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48762528326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=loi+des+noeuds+exercices+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE604 16348 bytes
SHA-256: f8554f75f93e0d475fcaeeb191b92ae7611e9c46c8fab61e0acc726aa7b3067d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC23 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 7c66fc1fc0eaf159454149d751063098275a34cba1b29e0ef59feeec18be1af4
font_02_sfnt_off00012b3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3E 10464 bytes
SHA-256: d7588889637c80b64c5e2931498ef3a7f4998e3369a156a12066b8ac75a93d60
font_03_sfnt_off0001431a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1431A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1