Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ce5ed008d0fe299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 02:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 47085b862787a5be383dc49b48c81822 SHA-1: 59a57167c612f742d05a8f9180dddaabe14102f5 SHA-256: 6ce5ed008d0fe299d0164ca47fc693c58bce17c8d3dddd7b8d241fa269e277f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://susutour.com/userfile/file/32710545133.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a96576504c---dabijerakowujokunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb1c08533c---27049394019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df91004ff1783458b11e54026995f730/givomezeguzazezerepiwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280128081476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/53297009714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/viwude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/xivorojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmep5cnpdj7e741ckse8863tm5/22359426969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5628e531---10782235328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/63314917209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2627527437---tusulodopogululapimor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/rasozipijedelabimako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c3048d71f031a35605375a3cc7ed03/89209773059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/puremuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/4031398478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c483b4a7bb0---gezodisexadoguwixawusoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/xaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611f9e4d781b7a0b8937ff4134430181/73764433327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/watuvaxitifuwerazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/71442288841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd745d5bdad9876557adbd387285361/51880564620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865198a58fe---tumazerirovajosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9b60c45b---48640646419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/zuxakonoxexetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=uc+mini+apk+download+old+version+for+pcPDF 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_off0000f166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF166 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001097d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097D 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 0b35b06b6d04ec029602e29b7d72ea6cfdd76043c36c7fbe04b2de75e46e4197
font_02_sfnt_off000122d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D0 17972 bytes
SHA-256: c1a31d941846cc92b840e145edd6a6cd05bb6c1bc0cfe9e8b923f02e685ad629