Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b41d03e3d57d5fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-06-24 01:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 73b74d350369c388c967196954584612 SHA-1: ce96a0d8a0d63a8007225630ce1ee5dd22975caa SHA-256: 6b41d03e3d57d5faad0a9cd222c83a0487d86c1bbbf29991e4ce1e64bb9e13af
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a likely attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded links serving as the primary attack vector. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/luradikemopuxevobidave.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/85265158869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343a46891144173da21f53fcb682c4de/datewuvoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/96677045658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd90345a5cb5d418fc1500aca1df24d/nexanitatowene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbprrpc12rt325jnt2cato6r66/nolirupipunufiwuxijejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f3091789ec724d2bef3aede6c3a840/63308518429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/paxotomuramezajivigepife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806127ae1ed---79941947345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c09036f404---15919304180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3b553cf4b7---56338427674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqoe96cg2vrghog8cfforre5m4/55825972890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/palazixupadelobubofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/davukedusuvobeginifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00bbbdc5f6f80720ae57cbc09a0ccddc/xizukofotibibalatusekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/39637334193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7927c0cd273d63d89156f5f4a0582c3/86188015892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=csr+racing+2+best+tier+3+carPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10055 5276 bytes
SHA-256: d06f7a9f7c0807b7479e5ce8d507b23c1bddbde5a831e3827517e80aa637d2b9
font_01_sfnt_off00011252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11252 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 258fcd6798d833f129c54c9522afacf14fab21b1a01b5afa96987c774b21532c