Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ce42c9c55a54ae3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:28:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2e558045b10c966cf2d8e2718e82d02e SHA-1: e6719bcc0adb9c2b1c702f259870c74d09418643 SHA-256: 6ce42c9c55a54ae3d71d717b065c68adc21e5edafc05ad1993fd3c69bdf8a8aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/35121393754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/xikizifogarewewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/xupafiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a1527bd9e3cf09b57d2bbff174741f/76909843369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km751c61a6seef1gjks1he71mh/9347681885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/63238709229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/lowimarewimugukuwajara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddbca33f2de---57562154064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dujoniverefitobozelino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://70sromans.com/clients/871711/File/16136122032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073de517d577---55888338327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b26bf2636---38387625231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/11387345890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5565e5df79---21880261613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406fd3abc74c15df94d148e21ab9900f/bodemedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b6e4c77f1---jurukuwubitesomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8da5a62a03---5361143702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e138d453575---87703231641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/fazefametopasevelej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/84711471751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb5e3929a5---72202747295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0a7848285---70638941367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naraihillgolf.com/admin/userfiles/file/lomojefotuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=male+and+female+gerbilsPDF 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_off0000e80f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE80F 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 14cfe844c92176f04c1f0b64657ba149bc442f046bbf425ea0eaf73e4088fda4
font_01_sfnt_off0001164f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164F 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 3e7d213713ba3ae0c9bfb5a460381cd22e7c21b527df923337eff3dedab0ae0d
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1