Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6147f5c0d33ec52d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:59:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 02c9324c3e4975c21f51145dad9c9f36 SHA-1: 57ef714aa85c60d885e1ab352336a801d59a4a57 SHA-256: 6147f5c0d33ec52de69c7b624451de517db9a6c8d0f89a9d5f75295c92dc699a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a dropper for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vortex+unlocked+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/47880956021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/17866617320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406a351f744---46146644988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/sadusifiwakawebofudejezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannhuaduong.net/upload/files/vomowuwejavogodolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362eb7e3506---12463534135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songdolandmarkcity.com/userfiles/file/dowebofomeborenazibalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/fugogawotutosawedixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/70231987978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepurilewimiruvafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebornfair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_DFFA37155A8F5A78.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyalangkorapartment.com/userfiles/file/fureneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac640f1d72---72428916080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/96292384617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/fajoguxabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxurokowawesivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbazes.lv/images/userfiles/files/13525815525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamwalibais.com/userfiles/file/52993339325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms1oke.com/contents/files/13659777164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podimercrm.com/img/files/zefapojedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tssch.in/tssch/application/admin/uploads/file/warisogagalidunozabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/sitifawazibuxavuxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosabaum.de/web/editor/files/bupitozosuvizidodofi.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_off0000d190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD190 16944 bytes
SHA-256: aca294d8a7e2caf7fc0188399e11866a4c46f3fa629531769fdf17a412ffc39c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4E 10512 bytes
SHA-256: bf5d19550701a3ed4687059a7cc71e87a31425a317901e06591f32418edc13c5
font_02_sfnt_off00011566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11566 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1