Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c8a0025ed3e60b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 02:56:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 05b9c956724dd27e63671a66d9282f24 SHA-1: 27f52cc9f3caae39abec59af68f18a42c99a80fc SHA-256: 6c8a0025ed3e60b08cf71eaf6efb161b49f3aac35f9689c3b52d8b8d477f9f72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. These links are likely intended to redirect the user to malicious content or further download stages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lezexeralu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/6526201471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusagidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eapver.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109080051434439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/76590278398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/ravetepumobopedumefiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/jorepupamilukukopamakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/levemuwoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/71435886573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/50457540246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stop-remont.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66143074026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210901103231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32e79e85de2ad4da427f7c9dcfbfe17/18981884681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sor1310.com/userfiles/file/58720745040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/80313386842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/97483537127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5b3963bcf9f9df35c89076f020c84e/48901528901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/70130066775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizufofoxanewulenuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d22ee949db---tozenadezufasijavogivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2bircruise.travflex.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/91671859779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/mavixipatumekivurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp3mb8vfiv5ikig112ibjh2aufud69q0/lojepabojanenulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/44577199087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=psp+game+pes+2021PDF 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_off0000c2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB08 10332 bytes
SHA-256: bcaca760d6c031d8c05cbf82f3b91873e117e078fe90c6793668b4c8d452d541
font_02_sfnt_off0000f278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF278 17012 bytes
SHA-256: f17c6cc33c3c9b6c9d13731f6a0f1c2994b073c893ffd478f0898ee1ce81dcb1