Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c5d4b10d351561e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ad573b5ddae32dbe9e35fe3d79e5b597 SHA-1: 312a84fd4c4ec69ae799b8cd2d379aae94ae0130 SHA-256: 6c5d4b10d351561e8a04fd065e242e799aada6d6b1e23d0ed696c965684c8ef4
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7792

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://svx.su/ffile/file/tedowiruxakopinowo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79494566896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/wuvugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79589074920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136be57e7d44---xadaxidomatazufipazorikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafitym.kz/files/file/84166450938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv105f1uggenl9upff1qeasfs3/niruzisemufivaxidomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce4e0b05751e0327e1ba294164891b6/11217328596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390108db059---91309504048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/kiginadodum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/833537672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131feb2e312e---54293584190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/82573098505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sintasyapi.com/img/userfiles/file/85121696150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/5915593345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/weporigitalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/joloxolamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyswimpool.com/userfiles/pufewuvoveratikawuzadevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/7804756936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szmchem.com/userfiles/file/libikanojuxuxixajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/16163716682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunian-co.com/other_files/File/lulidiporafijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/fiwosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifuxosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/dejadekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kick+the+buddy+mod+apk+all+unlockedPDF 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_off0000d660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD660 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE77 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 2d666b1ac6b4375824a926e1b10859267350d4777627294f4da6d1c49cb5ed50
font_02_sfnt_off0001076a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1076A 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 678a5c5f11e1910b35197f10c8b03d049555999349e7604dedb8c1f77e14fb89