Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6187ee4e719c8e3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-06 22:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 24b65b9e806fc3bb0fd0dc6ecedcc78d SHA-1: 3017efa4e72f6ab0e952628dbbb7b7c0e7198edd SHA-256: 6187ee4e719c8e3c66296fc122b51e7717f92d3f943332d744d8a2211cc8d547
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a link farm to potentially malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6775999715.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b4c8e7dfa---kejuravon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de270b1c84---88477290874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f46daac3be---xenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/minelifetoveripedoxobipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/27824661648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/24899430891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be105bf4ea87b610f0c2791725ea9cd/mokexenitogogerifexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/92197965919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2bf56bf99---98979712526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/96874374285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4d6674bea---71080116727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/318991909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/zurudomipumubovunixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2bbdc68ca66c8262d97055f4859c82f/zejalazuloparebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladakorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/98590429232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/828940d44ddc1e0cf57eed28221566b2/jibewewezawezavoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083728a9fc15---fekizojuzurogemulasijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210727124233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9a6bdbbe13a564ab89c259be78cef41/85572875666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5254c67981eed3e39c84ed231e67085/mawifuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e13f9dcb558---76489419869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782b758e71b---33266788333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18oq8lhgf9mb2v09aqk30lr1f/jemilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+tico+or+ticaPDF 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_off0000f6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE8 10036 bytes
SHA-256: c3d383ee7f0fb9f758aafe657d2930108e7ec92c590080f89f5499ab72de7b38
font_02_sfnt_off00012568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12568 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 8b648d587d6c810fa55aa9e1b50289745ef45538051228718af961cef162a9c4