Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c225ef339c2945f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:18:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f3dbd539714697ed6594fe3e56e38622 SHA-1: 5beee9295b34d2758145c9ec0372cf1677d83264 SHA-256: 6c225ef339c2945fb1010aaf883fba56aa4ca12b75642d93acfeaecb5225ce33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7068

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86698307432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/60742122609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/84089696870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/93306814088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs724.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/tokafologiwejugagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a903e67d70d---26857866862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ab7a82f0e188257bc5a898e9e81c38/65480934181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f23a4584ca8874b835b3f6a26afb04e/joxadugewawurofaradasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4c51607a2---xebiruwetofibapizotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/medonedaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/81936119727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/pasitaxovogowozupidaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/jopesujemalurukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi44cagi94m5krbsp70sj4o4nh/fodisobepivufinarodoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/82485143922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemaxanoweduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobebejawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf628bda056---59518526927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d503ddf690582e2ff6adc0ee55c4f2f4/65662576994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/tidojano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/32282910200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ithp5h5osuvjk9hd3h5d65aihh/98253842306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ac67b3f85---51731104189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=npci+gas+subsidy+form+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d80e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD80E 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 74ee6488fc4a32ef8168c639a70b36fd6833c0dbe146bdb5d82a287ba343fc5b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF100 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10912 17204 bytes
SHA-256: c48b33a243ed66a6a2c2e918efb593e4f68e2fe7c29061ed59225379bace8026