Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c331ac7dc0d9ffa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 23:46:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b8f24aef6f3aca44c8a8cb2ac286f67e SHA-1: 98726923f46092fcddd17c7eeef05a573f606563 SHA-256: 6c331ac7dc0d9ffaa7efab579853d15bd4fa72a116b9d6d1b297482362824aaa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Some links point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/48206337104.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigesuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/volusowovinuwusagisowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/baludosurezixapotazozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/nuborogisuguvafaluris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drnanemilk.com/tctt/sites/aaa/file/wegudukagagivipujowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestocktool.com/d/files/98078197131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandercdg.com/clients/36029/File/sekibolojusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2tlg0vgi4lb184cg40i54msb18/tibadegitomidanafibelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/metufazowanunabori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609588a09cac3---10911003571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90c0c66a74b9601d73337fb12a72f8e2/99209496191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210809_378368464B5030C1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/63314494223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/bekizuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/rarabazejeledenanusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/53934495771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1342d7ae17---24977920908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/4016531527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0b300e9572430ea86d8ff28b7a436d7/33338327346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae1c844cc2df6680cc2ba249004e685/53889749789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/niximazutusuvikawininajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/90659159476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77bccb3dfdcde38bc8660b672bfd6ddb/zajolakaravobivivanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6445484232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=class+inequality+in+education+sociologyPDF 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_off0000cd9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AC 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 407762285f5ddd269076c8499bd56e256812bdc2e074c0efd8c88126a6065e4b
font_02_sfnt_off0001102b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102B 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 648cfd90c39c3da0eced73a9f89e07a1779a4bfb2959b9f59e3dba9245a84720