Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6101949babcc6f56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9c97fc64626602090f24d1e0ce877bfa SHA-1: d7b6ea977d901727c5627c77474223ae6c71fa45 SHA-256: 6101949babcc6f562bfdc98d40a2d67825994354f8cd17c64116c44f2e79210f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of algorithmically generated URLs and links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment, aiming to redirect the user to potentially malicious content hosted on various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.zima.snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofoxexogibis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/46290981387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/femufedolimidinofigona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/duwunumotalopivejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/98708690497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6c2efd7c---40494119001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/63949622534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/pezojaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji0071l56hntji5j27u74q5mjj/liwawowexutezezixepegikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e661e51e38c5affebe7677453d603fb/93393870925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/zimeteridafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afeic7m2a04j1p6c8m5cbci674/lufamufavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/kewojolarowaxizifosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/29290726047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d3c481856d71bc19d912c6b3dcf1a6b/saladejademesefulejaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/wimatibadavewijizilosake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78670116583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47f860d3ac0b7db58e2580f2de325f5/fasunevimedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/jejoxubovikujutokusugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4caaaed296---78268725220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/dopafusejejasavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/nuwemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446fde3e899bc78f9ee225e0b7e55f6a/mevetivojevajitorokivirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/90827891318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109298896697---nidesisezapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=omnistor+4000+manualPDF 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_off00011248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11248 20480 bytes
SHA-256: cb19b8f83cb2b897ccc10b2cbd84fb6767fa17d1e2c00fa27e2d8a0027537a37
font_01_sfnt_off0001488d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1488D 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 8bc16b35c9ac363ec1eedc911301e20a5a9f168ecd0e2a48a04c6a6885fe4e20
font_02_sfnt_off0001604d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1604D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1