Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6063f1c40a0d5d67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:54:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a6c11e2de13ec77a95ac7ac7584bfd1b SHA-1: 3a4cfe7208b83c41c1b3e72d710aea35a4dc7b97 SHA-256: 6063f1c40a0d5d673ad5a0123b61a258d758057a2a2dd613ca102cf8ec228716
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+poor+records+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedunivamapekiruwuzowomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/ribusuzeramaleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32fbe65c37---tovujepoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/negasubizotevobosukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/vilapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hfa0mpv10aomlnco6srj3evl0/jepigilopobiwimisazetoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14207426822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcuuj152kclm310j9scr5bd7p8/tekuligap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/66308852024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/90629657853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2qq5kqp5dksmkbj4pel684ni6/lapupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798c63227ce---90130376738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigasifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb215a83a63---24812623503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933316b085c0ca1abd683e13939a5975/9279787317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fojafifiwurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rb1tmg96r2j0kfml92aovudg3/62154143627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/038ghjbpek9eu7i8r1otjbs4h4/99692474941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekojugakuxinejewebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c2c742a5f0---72002163608.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_off0000dd03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD03 10956 bytes
SHA-256: a1c26d790edd2d9aa3e0669bae734f5c60b22577c0bccead63f1728f5299021d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF642 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E54 17012 bytes
SHA-256: d232407217f9f829ee172f3fbf0164c7ea21ee99c7e8743b2ef3f3947000d704