Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bface0fa4ae91c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 04:33:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48672fdb0b6d27e47ada98fcf5ded487 SHA-1: 05cf1bb736a31a6fc21173029379d833916e6ca7 SHA-256: 6bface0fa4ae91c4020421769907aefc3c2124fc9394341d2bb4c4482e38a7a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a redirection chain to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK further support the attack pattern of luring users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/922cb3498d127b82b56ce875072ebe50/zezexutetigudogimev.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da850849c6---60322221107.pdf
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/zejotebuwi.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e66794fa9---63733137153.pdf
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/damedomi.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d7e9148b29fe37f490d315da9d1ce6/gakuzipov.pdf
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/5499628543.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0onl7aua8mlqpegqv2jqdbfio7/3393529411.pdf
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64853919048.pdf
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/fuvojebodesaludosero.pdf
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/wekel.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f562b9fc6---50558077521.pdf
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/59787765653.pdf
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/1849130304.pdf
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/zajopefepiwemimote.pdf
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/popumenolizovojid.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/medivod.pdf
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_2CF5FD75275FFDAC.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824fe6d5518884c91a0f1e5c514f3aa9/53985785870.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c1eebe7b0---45776936716.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0a806143a---38065439059.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b58449029---92972012807.pdf
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/53731811955.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d760a26e0c---kaxinideloduboruki.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7012c75ed7bbe055799aa6457f06574f/37304766697.pdf
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/29854047940.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+secondary+structure+of+a+protein+molecule+is+the+result+of
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000135cb.bin
2d2d64b85024eaf167eaa1f13af8d967a74deb4a3216cd63b67c778360070ddc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CB 18660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00016735.bin
ae6ad45ac5e9aa1073a2d9f530c7c2a7b5b99d4f2e9668feb06a6cfea63225e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16735 11064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000180d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x180D2 16792 bytes