Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b2e8a379588c0ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:49:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 59b865457653fbbfaadc76b0f0bdf1fc SHA-1: eedf59a87d09681083b80e98ac42e569cba8ef8d SHA-256: 6b2e8a379588c0ba5d1aa6fc98894fe7bc925414163c0c665ad84d343efe77c1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of download-related heuristics further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ld+player+64+bit+offline+installer PDF link annotation
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/foseguxuxepadevaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.com/contents/files/17909652719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/budosupimobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seas2010.cienciaevida.pt/site/upload/file/dinakolajanita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/simefaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oh3o4r4au68b879n7ne12b6f5r/86099336043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/97601973455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/43989077164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907_175434.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/56653530764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://my-hustle.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/bibabamonufasifewizopavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seasonmediagroup.com/pic/file/jezakosewatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weldingportal.it/userfiles/file/52953283854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_7F48A9D10FBFFDBD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/wojufimubisonuxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/tiforewusawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9a770213c---81305541010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poweniruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidovezexogugugonifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/24809261147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/2202807956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352e54645c1---42522410367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24598544510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/22456783733.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_off00016aa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000182b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182B8 21348 bytes
SHA-256: f8a63f1ef1685e908f7eeb4ca83088788555d5227e13f62473d99528cc0ac56a
font_02_sfnt_off0001bb2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB2B 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 92edccc067458126eb95a5a53d67aa8781ca5d63032fdb272aa7b78c8e9522e5