Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6180999aad37408e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-23 10:13:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bcb852e4a5e83c4457f97ab858fd1967 SHA-1: 6b60a067505a66e2b88239a777da3491abe56feb SHA-256: 6180999aad37408e287e3891cc7a1434407f43bcef0852c4f49ddf07b98da8da
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM, indicating it contains numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV also strongly indicate maliciousness. The embedded URLs suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paycheck+bill+tracker+excel PDF link annotation
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/69979663761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/vubevifulaxazelanuliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/luvumojivosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/37802950294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96842278295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lghtoks1m20qgke3r1beeop82/41240779719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tau8ldub4krhg67pv616svnep/11105214206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/61320812392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e7ed19f6d6afc9c5dfbdbdf0156113e/fegapuzeritowuxefititadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4691d1b00c---damanazifinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/vuvebulalokurewipaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/fafazakiwegesuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59554907709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/51003518149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolipinakizodivuxelusulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/takosekegelefuvawanures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/19400602043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/81774548741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865f34d29ff9f893f33ea42117652c41/37796205535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/loretan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef806aebaa---disarotosufunikarafaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/romukeraxirinudiluvatawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/77944771082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/47684733697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/gojuwigegubi.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_off0000ec49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC49 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 87a5339958d5c5376ebed770f6d623ef477f7bf1ea7c33951c153e333225ccaa
font_01_sfnt_off000103f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C05 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 8e6513c78eba0487d16862fdbc22e2a217fbc511954a69e6f8254e1954749616