Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cacb54aa3ae3f0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:36:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c7a485d39dfb2a938eea34c75feb1cca SHA-1: f4f3bc69d195b7b68424d38df1ec89340a35b3c8 SHA-256: 6cacb54aa3ae3f0cba16979b436d84d6f9efe18c312375facb91707ddcc17f4c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, as these rules detect patterns associated with malicious link farms designed to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=real+football+apk+2013 PDF link annotation
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/78540433299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/82622021488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/wojimerafixajijego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatdesechia.com/storage/ckfinder/files/1601857460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/jajinisifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2qr4lca5cr013vn94l85adevh/zugonifidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b91e98eca875b094255da9f8e83863/80772503443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368ec666650---58635025602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/sobefofetolezeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97136058466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/20210909080335450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/gisadaxogunufazidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021091312483195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fafc61bba99916ceff9684f100fe490/16194206399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/40446493702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/35520294932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/zizowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/pewideziwezejopemitotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/lakiboxenason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/nexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitygums.com/userfiles/file/560401414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/30607860631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/pusewusatononibapuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/25535291348.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_off0000d1ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1FF 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 8a4fa4ae9a611996d8cda6bde11979a64bb94f234e0e0f5633117a9c40bc23eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11698 10632 bytes
SHA-256: afa0501d2088fb996c1b3b63e3d6db0e709a5d800a041e5df504df3404e5625f

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