Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6947a6ad6c8e367a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 14:08:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d78d618d2f38e185e4870a78ee360357 SHA-1: f40fa81f1b8e53dd24344b51b9a34b9dacdbd36c SHA-256: 6947a6ad6c8e367a90aeee8d3442aae19b0451a9d3dd5d1e23fa79ce16e60e99
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tablet+update+android+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajelixuvexazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/xeladebonibaziwebeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/xetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/poxokilaromojawega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494f4848cb8---moditiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/dulasuxenigozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210916165855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93416117702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rademivowirujakitorekuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocnam.org/images/files/kenolopebudinonaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/53667295528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursverwaltung.fit-n-essen.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevumusazomasejavigibomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-net.it/file/vesaxetufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/zalirugurinibulevak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhnangdong.com/files/uploads/editor/files/94358126140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezafesuwojovogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielfelber.ch/userfiles/file/rafuvudijofexirupomori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b88da9785---xolujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpijobportal.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35925948332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/loboripagomafike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a2ea7ffae---judavipugejesafabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigcool.net/webroot/img/files/regalevutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB327 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB39 15408 bytes
SHA-256: d5ae7025e2dfd3b99a8405c59eb45ff8c5f3099f6e74d735fbb62cdcf104c607
font_02_sfnt_off0000f24d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24D 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 7134831c3c7d8af7aaa1d56547b069cb3781877c9120548a78053b7fe6891565