Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c8edf05172e15ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:46:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 272fe35ed70c75b159d9cbaa30ad9777 SHA-1: caf80aa51b54b1a71290430549615f0ef44c2c9e SHA-256: 6c8edf05172e15ec4eaca830530dca094c9d439a44eb25fd06bc12cca1a3147d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to lure users into clicking them, potentially leading to phishing attempts or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=frozen+let+it+go+lyrics+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50038842e31fba2d0ca34eed147bf4dd/mezigafisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/11362368551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/18475365579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/rugiguwofunoborirejelulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/88948571960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/81943857439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883ccd08aca---70788424596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/73887154832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9d171f152bb7a2cd3326f5c57023f1/90898917303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/73397289488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1527947a3---41385071272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef4c2bd757---kuxuraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad88f637308---fakidabalapivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25104717894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849986564b63e5a0f51352f6a47d6157/waduduviliboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundialimportweb.com/userfiles/file/86807055202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/30874390495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/lowubawapokufamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/6350981363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vedezovedakenipedomudoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/pivagediwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4efc942cc---50217307920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f35e992514d---3158243562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d99ac43ac40a156d58da32e3970034d5/62240583312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/12419422801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00014156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14156 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 330416a3c91c106c7f5854f3bf6ccd5e8793c9a00d3d364631ec6f9be5aaf6ef
font_01_sfnt_off00015b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001731a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1731A 22816 bytes
SHA-256: 9535b7c9cfda4c49979fef22e140cf344918424549df1036d66989a11260edcd