Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c6986e84a4eea95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-28 00:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 53880bc517d876eca8ed7c62894eee3d SHA-1: da057c213d3a27b90288a98b6cc9b878e6bf8e20 SHA-256: 6c6986e84a4eea956000204f63521dde46e52a3b80dffdc2a8610a6cf1ca995c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a high ML classifier score further support a malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature, suggesting it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/93021654812.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/21683537522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099112347509---vuwarazuxoriterilowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udch8hl0bh2hqhvr1s8rj5uit4/56325743931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/86287596210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/wimojisubeperolodiwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/jonuxawiboxevadagosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b346b0bb6b97cf29eb1ff23111f1cc25/13145278404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/gidaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/bexuzalosawelixotukeguwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c016d725bc7---51700080067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/zuvefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/91700027071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumirimoludil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/jikajurisowofikupupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/nilodimunetejapetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juraganmonyet.com/contents//files/sujigisejibusewimopufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761eb3384bd---dipomanipuxanawubefekofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/56304250202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d8b06a857b0fe310ca0e5eb30c4725/82070876577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608882885075a---sagezaviraviwumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773418c3edc---mezajixetub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrokentakifinan.com/resimler/files/mexaremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eh6b0l0v0djn6boq06h2ih7lu/20899307331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/47713898442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfigr28hj4rb8sui89kimpcu4g/89293526909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=download+play+store+app+apk+freePDF 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_off0000e91e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91E 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 903a07bcb69a53111b25630499b1e3b1f1e04a2c96e47c5248f9007f684a1c9b
font_01_sfnt_off0001156f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156F 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 0b54da01d4123fdd2384af0927ef557f668de59ab539bf3db43172add1d5dc27
font_02_sfnt_off00012e36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1