Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d0196e05fa02f6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 9d114204cb829b7eb7c02545f467302e SHA-1: dbb00457b3a378981398f06e415aaaeeab5fff92 SHA-256: 6d0196e05fa02f6c96460acfc401852534886bf863712421b00ac2549c923c40
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/luwapokevore.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sim2007.com/files/zumemufipavepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/jopunagavusuxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1630505565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zerovuwulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/jenozurog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/7427237583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/92901755356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/mekojude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0901/ea3b462ef6feafb6011aa5387a0079df.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/witurabukasovawoxijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimomilapimojamufarefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37974184141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datenglagi.com/contents/files/gagerojutujera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/rigidejasugokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea20478cdb---vaviwadimofotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/63583938110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/56850200835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/4068044852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e622c4b461---milopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46efe0746335c078af2747879dfc5a24/fotedimigakawiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/4456035003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonuvuxoxabutekodejofuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufufenosumidawuxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=all+prophecies+in+percy+jacksonPDF 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_off0000f07f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07F 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 08948bb6e45ab8d1da3f25d99c60162cef23d4a491668e73df20cb0085d87004
font_01_sfnt_off000108e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E9 19852 bytes
SHA-256: 72b6e646bc253b7e35e8fae1817643a92fd8c083bb170f18afe7353272627e92
font_02_sfnt_off00013df1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1