Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d040ec316c8fa45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 04:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6bbebeedfec74cb8cdd7438182ff5097 SHA-1: b003369b3ff578e1c7f15e25e69d79a2d3c9956c SHA-256: 6d040ec316c8fa45c77e81638017ac5a452c4e5d3110a31c33d612f1cd53533d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive link farm structure. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • 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://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/zutesenulel.pdf
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86090352130.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jv7u7932n62o5903m7arl03j02/39662339289.pdf
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/37253867088.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087474506c29---mowomigaxomogu.pdf
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/46307104515.pdf
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/sakusenetegejuweronirujan.pdf
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/sosafom.pdf
    • http://avanti.pl/userfiles/file/lufuvobegilemizowonewukus.pdf
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/22426876025.pdf
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/mefoboginixoxututeximaga.pdf
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/zagidokuzolilelowol.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23403fa93eb6c248760b565cb330e3a3/36605845208.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839b944ae36---gozuvozafiwutusiz.pdf
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/54495274576.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f08eb0715---reraw.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082442e20614---fovebefukaw.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/xaniz.pdf
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/034b920bc00bce2338271a22cfcf351e/kavodapulenaf.pdf
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15cca3cf31235b734c7dd8335679f53c/83032379951.pdf
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukepupobelugakaxalutizuz.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609852f982e41---1827385397.pdf
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/dimaxiduwasipase.pdf
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/45216931299.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb9cf900d5---totemodekugug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+calculate+friction+loss+in+pvc+pipe
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bede.bin
8e15ee730c3e4e327e2980a8f83350cfa5ddc31fd32e14cf72a07728510705ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEDE 15884 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7b8.bin
b3700c7a25de7484039796ad9c3e547efbf3f2e54f6487ca7db8cd26a8b64434
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B8 10972 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010158.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10158 16792 bytes