Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6370bb4de897489c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:19:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e0382cd96e57eb143d6cc062728b24b0 SHA-1: 5d796ae45dc7c848ba86a5e53b33f4f15b36b6ee SHA-256: 6370bb4de897489cba99b5e0d920e1f76526f4a454f160694b255117870e1e08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/10860557275.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/32120074660cfebd81ab21.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/49002747919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c1b323a24785c43e797229603d3c2c/80467717980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8906072d1---fagoboxejujebivira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/9647690978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/kubufipuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be6fc105e3ed2f1f600801e6d62cb1c/toleganenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/nebapivixogesufinuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3uot4ekl3rtp5fpb534jei5n8/kitukumasurepifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/pigegenonage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/12680397727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210821_A8B4D12496DC5AEF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb226cb763---99599574165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mulopofozefomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea94d7afd9---9540999217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070863117821---53780950999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/64593899276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12b206327a---40052351659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612093111702c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/44088578899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0faa24325---15950431688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d124058d1c9b3370d5133245643aa0f/16648900099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/tekawaxowewefigilawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/sijelotibupojimuvusilipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cefbcb0e37---58928326274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1f3d5bc7d---xomemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=disaster+preparedness+cyclePDF 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_off0000e518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE518 17100 bytes
SHA-256: ccfad3fdfe627439ad58429136a076c7229a8b33e79daa620c30c3fab085825e
font_01_sfnt_off00011103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11103 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001291a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291A 10500 bytes
SHA-256: a21576203a097bc2bef67ae31c9f97ba09f7f6f5d9300a50263d2f6008ce9250