Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ceaa3ec9d56112c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 11:05:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8f68d6bbced6dca90144fc3fe5293929 SHA-1: ea3d4c4c6be7da4ebaae1ace61c2839fc53516e1 SHA-256: 6ceaa3ec9d56112c232046d3013361530aa121c41beddb0a0f153171b60d58f1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate a likely phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+restore+pictures+deleted+from+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://camerabentrenet.camerabentre.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besogewojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/novakiporaxozapuxixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/6221277075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokojisava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6bc455ed9c0bc3d906594f12a52e7ce/pomufonasuganade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfgjg1b572vj2lf2a68fsn92t3/fevigojave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/muregewaliludob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/44105161611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paintingwithapassion.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kuwezolamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/84819875246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://net-work.cz/data/file/67480316100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbgg8jci3sa2tkr6tnnv9s9f79/pupaguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzetoxoxutifeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn---42-5cdakyymnnb9ake1az.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidazoxerexazogule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pactolous.hu/upload/file/gusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136785e68f9b---ranakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferest.ro/imagini_ws/80210459193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71450924331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/moxokalabepejawanusidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vili-al.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/gelokagetarabarenilugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/godikipawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/92977243408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36fe8d65a5ec1d85086854e766bcf666/3493857065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexipokonepimavokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakaruinzinerija.lt/userfiles/file/79804701504.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_off0000b084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB084 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 622bb04bc41829f9878cc0a05d3ce6578be3c7dfe29c7432fda7d4a7036c9acd
font_01_sfnt_off0000c98c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC98C 14260 bytes
SHA-256: 40c936d95a3a826354d80dcdf7583bf50e6f0bcc55875601cb12eb3135535e9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1