Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d0c5ffa7cf7d7b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:15:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5b378a63c8d4a4dafe5982bb079d2af5 SHA-1: 52b258e04d79523d7ff00e4403a00fe4f946f113 SHA-256: 6d0c5ffa7cf7d7b863b25f3d35438de9b4a3c94025f7316ed040d72dd621f257
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a link farm strategy, hosting numerous links on compromised CMS upload directories, to direct users to download a PDF. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates that the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608e4e0933a83---pojovipujejuzipiludakoga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/vuxiremikutemotones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9f8f265577---ripere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/sopejiwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/40394381334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608475654f10e---63333599286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64252978074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cde0c1765fa149d56fbb835685568e8/42762265466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc7b5792d7---jupomoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/bebopexali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/kekuwesabuzumudobutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/kizovirezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a8b51d66df1774a27c11eb1b4d29d3/75691371665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogninja.com/userfiles/files/93331455642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/70937304692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1db4345e105d0cce80efd0dda9b8a812/6309564760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe4fbdjp2h2krm38e32m159td4/zebenegivoparolopefato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d717200953c03bceaa03e71cc2e552/taraxoxexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0atg2ukknp13i1ktph15f7825/82710206522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7fe86702d---55892404145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.com/neu/userfiles/file/51955090417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7e651c598---xapopafoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c894c37eb84ac419ddfe4690cfd0f5/xavurelaralumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/duronatezimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+notepad%2B%2B+compare+plugin+manuallyPDF 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_off0000e919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE919 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001012b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012B 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 617dbc1bd2a8e58c7f6294d65834664454d9199cb5d98e5a2ce09842140844b8
font_02_sfnt_off00013010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13010 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 06f3f94d84bbc5e9e5a566d205e9fde3d9a01b01aedc051c13dc5562841fc8c7