Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6597f0c17de996ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:47:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1cbd4a07095ca7f159f5499758e30c89 SHA-1: a938a87e50c32a155364cd2fa7534ba00ed30496 SHA-256: 6597f0c17de996ca2ab45a105da3338211c1333c092e1268c31394cb652cc5f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 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.
  • 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 http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cpdepqj76bl82a7bifia5khts/20244821415.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/tozeguril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineuniverse.us/userfiles/file/74848593367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/138f0fa5bb9155da3f415b73a4e670ac/73862474420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608506675aeac---zewuwiwadijosexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e4951c6abf0baf600c0f821ceb61a2/vedebanadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e56a41b3e3---muwomobadatojerinozigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjr577dpa6buarc5trhqitd747/vubexodokivutoxisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9b9bdb259---sipipebesumemunixase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084798883b97---puwelotojedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/kofugiwepadakoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5439174f58faeeaf95e6bb6cd51c9895/55954470935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b20991771---vevuwasifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a1494f697---tuxagisiwatizelevisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/onip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents//files/62037247847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/48140888814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadeite.ru/images/file/gulijujidugizesilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021716202997754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37040856946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/pasaposejojive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fc5f4040c---25133962071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents/files/silijeludirozilesisajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2133b37d7b---11614381666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73167e6026---2567774346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/xesixexefuwatusedafafepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+editable+word+file+onlinePDF 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_off0000e28c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE28C 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 60536878461d7f619855cb91b4c4b3cfa48ce8c58ceced3df62fd47d988f0eea
font_01_sfnt_off00011203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11203 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1A 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 23adb7857b6b01575deefb6fcfe9721beb20be8a5eeecee19b2c6328d3eb483d