Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cbc3cea7b20af30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 13:29:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b6f38a23759b74ff9c3bcfb2b849c55c SHA-1: c0f3d1c2e95c566596ed29be363ac9fd66461fbd SHA-256: 6cbc3cea7b20af302911a946a68b0b356c18a246391be3d46103d19368c9fde3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic of using link farms on potentially compromised infrastructure to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=literature+review+in+research+methodology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614238573dec5---xalizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/76716732539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/29327389726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/guzogirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/dolotefobafudoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/37962095825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/61708434277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e1d6898b---63043489731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/tuvejovazokamumopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yildizteknikelektrik.net/resimler/files/60839364980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///28714545423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicwalkingturak.hu/_user/file/87049429530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/40359123622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf0b60558f6d03705f323674b039289/tajijoxejodebarino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzsienis.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/rudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riselukoluwerakuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/60313186251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefuxuveporozifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobski.pl/userfiles/file/47544354194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilovamoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/simogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemusesopalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k878hmueud69oel3krlipndoa/powelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotech.si/uporabnik/file/59508350226.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_off00013183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13183 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 81024d3fd3516d9812d9798cee14596140242abf062011ab23c7cbf8e993b8c4
font_01_sfnt_off000161eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017a02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A02 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 3ef908b4e57bea2361d1f1cf0c8ee29089068546b7f30351720a32fc18520e1c