Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ceec57cc758c0b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 17:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b49c3d0635484511e810e79715b02938 SHA-1: 73e2576caa673299ef8899e798f0b3b5e74afe48 SHA-256: 6ceec57cc758c0b5fcf43cc8e9f78b30e7ef198e03241993aaa4df4bc64300d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or phishing attempts. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/78783228624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609080016dcc0---fubuvijofelebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15434193823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/23642389575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0a4e79e816---ferevufibisexapexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/551505958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/597dcba3478e146a456629b8bc4977fa/63083076533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test888.org/uploads/productsfiles/20210704010404_a320a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a08835c7c---19300503003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/jojalegiwagajebeneburulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12db9c18515b23d814779f77dcc1140a/jesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8177f4c857a064e7e4d2fa83842ea201/81632035984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/purusekozapidivuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt8fhdh7l2r3pb691241r859r4/17040395898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bagakilixiludopezofevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990c830df1dd21270123f1493d91d332/tabenavaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/25784514816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65ed4fb53371403e582927c32295718/46295503184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083670ce9f35---lolufakepizuparopusifoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/lokunulisorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5190386aaa---gedutewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96549606264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b3fab71cf---8788114643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8da158f3953bc238927aadb21604f88/remuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/relo1gdnjvjl4vdlcp80ao3tc8/72686360439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=functions+of+an+usher+in+an+eventPDF 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_off0000f604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF604 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 37b47587e2a4dd19fba1b62f8247e828edaa222c68c12acdca660cda06b19b57
font_01_sfnt_off000121bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BC 10532 bytes
SHA-256: dced02843e86f1e49a13fcc7d0a20db9fee837bfcaa8028c758a00fbb5c218d4
font_02_sfnt_off000139bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1