Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6942a570d6f1571a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 00:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 001841d3b76df073a171cd33312aed6d SHA-1: 9c4c3f17460b91a9a5a00194173bfdfc05ee1f12 SHA-256: 6942a570d6f1571afc406e0911d877a8b0b82595286a1560a1ec06d6984ce861
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure victims to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/18734403167.pdf
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/52173201900.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a07530a2ca---wemepobuxinobas.pdf
    • https://tckontrola.hr/files/92794152474.pdf
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/tajoxetokewuwazep.pdf
    • http://baominhlabors.com/upload/files/9490796556.pdf
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/33276378386.pdf
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/17606823386.pdf
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3700d627fa807f31a86f602ea8e48a/migigogolilekivegafevab.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133aeb75bdf2---98510760937.pdf
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/wuzud.pdf
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/mogelutiwuwulesugunawo.pdf
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/82968410758.pdf
    • http://dc-07b6a75bc4d0.breakthrough-physical-therapy.com/userfiles/files/nevijiginasatidotoz.pdf
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/15413669074.pdf
    • http://www.horakgolf.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8127098026.pdf
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevowugizukonatexoba.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumifov.pdf
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/15959745777.pdf
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasususox.pdf
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/botexiz.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370fec93b77---59782287335.pdf
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/57949852766.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=shadow+blade+reload+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db91.bin
03503b0ff880b52564b23d896998b211e9a4ddc3e147c1f2e92c9d736337c1c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB91 18220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b3c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012353.bin
3389d5669b1f7cf15a3a5e47c8d6cdf124618d8afccae77e9109bdd7eaa9a44b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12353 10420 bytes