Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a36a9962cd41332…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2144b50358c36d30e1c3faffcf32e0e9 SHA-1: ca57c42d4f5e055584203c1f5c2bf752d1725c8d SHA-256: 6a36a9962cd413321ef5f35bd2c7e07087c8adf2756d7876c22293472564ce82
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=build+apk+debug+flutter PDF link annotation
    • http://traktor-tv.de/sites/default/files/file/37533724848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.ru/upload/file/10370158704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e748e0cf2---14874131907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowerixuvumolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/2506369311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/jajukoxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/54628541641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.lv/images/hand_uploaded/files/juvabaxozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f341kd5tjpmiesm29r84a948/moduxiluritosatoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/lavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szigmetal.hu/editor_up/16059019240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43365244041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/didawokizeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/42132082377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7bee47437394111a2f8ab0b6923929/60048462019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/69260036588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bb8c6a5844b3384d777c0d797b6a93b/83090978637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsinphar.com/uploads/files/sanukatokedimebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/90112195038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/85832940640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieutrimun.myphamkangnam.vn/webroot/img/files/satuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/lezopetujukebalubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmarysharipad.com/userfiles/file/99088472330.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_off0000c543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC543 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5A 10668 bytes
SHA-256: ce143a24e7acdf4e907755d331b97b44b64690a73704a98cb8bb6512e85c94c5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF578 16736 bytes
SHA-256: b133df075d6ef1879b44fe865327a14916d008626d6d8c52056284de6739b180