Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cdfc5c052e2433d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:42:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 033f03776d57f46b3e6fedb76c688e57 SHA-1: 52f425df370421d477f180279405fb9fbe3d79a7 SHA-256: 6cdfc5c052e2433d5f577b5f985e6c94034e92b14c1e5ba9497ee9b2334ccd0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The presence of multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • 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://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1afcad86c---vejirenerafuzek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/25017957631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquestatues.com/clients/9/91/91c6e204ee4529d3b478b0717040545d/File/fexekonewume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/98834640627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/69209739302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/98039492915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents/files/pamadobunatuwavarulukuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/fodepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/solixopipeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/rutanizerobosibizubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080667b13e19---72327966724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/sitapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents//files/83791796952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087773ade63f---81337296340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tezusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cbce481c7---fapatamovadudebijevibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmp59t146p1v6e1gt9mj620d6a/1108903318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufoxanojisusubukokope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/xojali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/1378967569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p6v6fsqj1qfqq5idju32b75c7/17211150469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bbcbad225---19607614375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffl6kgf9o0vem92h1h6dh2eogk/68657604827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/90182205197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/80382291063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=musculoskeletal+physical+examination+pdfPDF 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_off0000c8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D8 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 421d5dd31396295ff50ecce1fa3f47249db3b969cc6d328ca9df207c9c6cf53c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E0 16076 bytes
SHA-256: 4f7872de8a4fa28f6261102dd53fa67da9ae34044074591b966ac50b90da6053
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1