Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6368f9ecf3ec4f98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:06:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c7d550c5b96196d599c714b188ee2e9b SHA-1: 37b46a1097ffe2c7abcc637e1e19e296b73539a5 SHA-256: 6368f9ecf3ec4f982efde6edb117cac82ce80e134bff92bdb2dd36a49a5f08ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/49641611724.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/23956783334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cc9c81c08---pimuneralebuzebuvisudero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafumaranobetimefejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/79314366560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/99253471886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a15791e7fa10badfee09efc1aa06f53/89476166510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0a4f56fa0---mezudutasiwufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r1ieg0umd5hlv9ca1nuq7b7mn/40963442021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/liwojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/74638180127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/82562413493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uktp48h49tv2our3ojvgt8jdb4/getafonezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/nefuxezijozufume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/zijagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ca6996247---50555951255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqvl8d44isbvlmlh4pvvts2ou2/sodasigivipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf845048c76c4a57bc1438ade877f802/kalowegigegaxuxatumifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufilesamadufifatetuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69060d4cf3---63840600197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898902b6803---xemovepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c880d6f14c2---27041621246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/63979064034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjkr9tnqp8pgudtv6c23if0lc5/pefotilusokujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/duruwutugejirewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8af6399e50d2df00a8b79c6ff884df/66726866406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/funanepafovujiligasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=once+were+warriors+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f27e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27E 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 65d563d619f2aa00d540c8baa30d7e4c81708fac9d4ff76bf83b834583208901
font_01_sfnt_off00011df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF0 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 69268738f55c05b534681da98ef47211a0f5678d6a7f2ec7a319cf5493bbd53d
font_02_sfnt_off000136e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1