Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cb5e62f8c1a1c4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0363df2550d348003b8a1f50d515fe1f SHA-1: 6992ef0d3f309223ead85ffe9da6192f386087d5 SHA-256: 6cb5e62f8c1a1c4a97a5728c5c1948f0985eb7b0be74af7772dceddaaaca12db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. Heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm on disposable hosting and points to compromised CMS upload storage, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=color+code+converter+rgb+to+hex PDF link annotation
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/wubekasavirinunavenexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/lutuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group-com.gbintl.com/ci/userfiles/files/digox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidepikazejagivanowidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/sagodekusolalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havilahbuilders.com/userfiles/file/56290560712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/23908566870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/51661935348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/66237024585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onestep-tokyo.com/userfiles/file/jonakosedewokegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/majatasomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/13646556501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/wubepupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/33418600057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c2408cb35---23954231971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/71823408013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/xemesemenivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/82222197473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/woxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents/files/62975275175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkydoanhnghiep.org/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/70523354059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460b3fb5d42---73433428001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/80340911381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133904881b5d---zomegunusiwufoginoletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeorden.com/media/file/54906933064.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_off0000cc13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC13 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb65de0ac0a4b20a8830d1233b4bcf556ed96674f3d2824ff728b8d3f19fb3f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EE 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 0cc4e313fe6cd3f4710dd95f260ef782484618ec2e46bbc247fbf62744348f11
font_02_sfnt_off000110c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1