Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cba22db2d39fb16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 18:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 20bf3a90e32934bf2a97f3b77eb6d014 SHA-1: c9f72a1c4cf576c3c08d3cdd12424cbb1db68d49 SHA-256: 6cba22db2d39fb16b756becc1378ce6f0995a6fbf7b181664e5c4a468e3585f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a deliberate effort to host malicious content on various domains. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://schokobrunnen.com/idata/xivimupezelowusobewitam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7671d3cc69f425315538875ec228cfaf/63030065302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6ff312768---27195701752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/surapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsflm6tia98pkao986bnjuptt0/62959006710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/rivego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/33645678817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e7575a9b1---92984418319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827d05759ab---gonagokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/39073793693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b764e584f18---44712261930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875346bcb45---gowakapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/xavikawapefusesajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/43744724044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlck4oenatgrai48m9t27mqmd7/wonuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7d6ir0f89p3cl3dileeg38gn7/dozakalelefasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1622583728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df7140d8ae---wokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f315027a70---50992889935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/ladukurobekuxidixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/masiboxavotazurogerij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/zosuronilotopuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebuvukodudusadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=textbook+of+medical+oncology+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00010e06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E06 11292 bytes
SHA-256: d44dc0e75a8604b83bc062ed938378888a15811f1354862ad6ff8cd4f4bccb0b
font_01_sfnt_off0001282d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282D 18564 bytes
SHA-256: b41c765def7e3705806cc723f83156e5fabcd85e7429cfbb3736467bb3e7c297
font_02_sfnt_off0001584e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1584E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1