Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bc0047088a519db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: be41a747e4464695931d21e9ee833ffe SHA-1: c7c4c0742d3713db8a085ed19ccb736c8608a6c8 SHA-256: 6bc0047088a519db15095239586b9d71fb0d3bc3f484f49295fa334807f429d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The document's structure and the presence of multiple external links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/13719685670.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/69966613194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/34294174721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4586e3528f08e789380d4a6cc4957445/38917938884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d02d2213f4---pajetojavenire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/gutubezajekemeliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naraihillgolf.com/admin/userfiles/file/19062912723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/jesefurobavowelofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47cdec1d75---70468280766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e9c79a7eb---suruxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735f7d0c311---lekawudodamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fanivevibanuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/gomopupakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd053c9694d---84409930798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723df0149c61f19564de83c0d98cc7b8/28890944082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16298346156562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/70006446915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produse-zilan.ro/files/61051576492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091771d5fc96---53995581640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijilovigefalateruginixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/88221041502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bca5dde338e26fc9ca9fa29330e5939/vijejasupekiwexovesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/19075200499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=s+chand+chemistry+class+9+question+answerPDF 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://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_off0000f0c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C7 17872 bytes
SHA-256: d605d38cc4cebc91419a399523c061d4ac7ee67b57cada91e91288d3f7c3be91
font_01_sfnt_off00011f73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001378a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378A 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 3c914bd16d4592d2c068b361abdd4927205a87cd31f32e96d95bfffd39a1210a