Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bdd908346c0a2c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:38:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b2b952967c2ad025ebf8d4922731c14d SHA-1: 4e847a9261bcddc69d9ed964721adb5eba6cf3cd SHA-256: 6bdd908346c0a2c254d6eeecc32704a4ae75541c11b8c550c3dec0f2754f72a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability to execute code. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The primary goal appears to be SEO manipulation or directing users to malicious content through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://lnpro.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megimopiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7in14amurn14q25l0g3efodcj/5367122248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/wimexodatozosipotuwemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912151325841675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktbdlgvk9fl3i5b5otqbqibk86/zejuwajazelemewuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22fa477ee04e43281139c546e45bb44d/25073317816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezodadakivasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edbiji.com/uploads/files/20210902060846_127332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/vemorusiwejomeregigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/88902095772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eec3d02064---devibedinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/jamililurupinanolefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21774433041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinsonmetal.com/Upload/file/zonunifofajebakudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/kizajajoxomimazimijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14054398549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/80413983375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7426103301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/91236118196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/66741834368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ab7290dfb---47573080841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/ruromerowinejimozorago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/ruvajulonuzetidopibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leasingtowers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5820429364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/xogufamukuwavoduzunasexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17525678703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hack+diamond+ml+no+human+verificationPDF 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_off0000b368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB368 14604 bytes
SHA-256: 17faf82fa0998f53c18b109de90c1bf057c166064f3efb96c02a97cb20d37d60
font_01_sfnt_off0000d774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD774 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8B 10820 bytes
SHA-256: a3df4a7edca791b35c95c92b84b96587a53c73a0675ab538aeec604e84c0f985