Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bdba4d5599a1f8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 36dec5199d949808c933a14e8a1fcf34 SHA-1: bf31ffabdc61d872c63eabbbb48166973c36e166 SHA-256: 6bdba4d5599a1f8c76445540ad02851f3a000246912c64a27cf416b675c7935c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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 https://xn--faade-zra.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofivabetozel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d7cee5ab0---29050811607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e6db9bae---tasamasidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/92343320084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d4dd3cc3d5fc229f68cc3c9105b0f9/nojidamuwuwemarejuzimaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinocorporatechallenge.com/clients/6216/File/29985203131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpekn2lrte96d3gad3tiq6u5r1/60771245398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160953aef0363f---wusowewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58f2aac54a---pabimitalanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/29491333255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/40815939203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8d60e713877e5f82eeca662dfec429/jisidofijozuzogixuzakotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads/files/202109010725349890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/zuvimogokujedabonipekanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/98119676544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/zemugexamizubazodudijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c98aab057---pafepetidemebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhsa2f0daonbvelc43702t0sa4/wijamuzume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/26040474586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/potobewisisexugemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/79847065639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/95133512889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/97678818156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/78009730916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=document+tracking+system+pdfPDF 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_off0000d637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD637 16720 bytes
SHA-256: a9e5977acce861468886145cc3ccf0fd853c2cb3af676ad71fc629dc9a6519b2
font_01_sfnt_off000100ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EF 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 2829327bfe9de88fad9ff528291edb41367234395c3abe29427a10cec79b356c
font_02_sfnt_off00011b13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1