Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d170a1f9867bce2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f9ccebd4f7f6a0801acb1a5af69e20bf SHA-1: 96196b78b66b8e43bf9ccc64ebc790655349e1f4 SHA-256: 6d170a1f9867bce23a493ed2ff8e8940b5cd6379d0cd4c94196dde6aa2d1dcd1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 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.
  • 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://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexosa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/siruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgal.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40915776191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722738c5635---46736960874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/33618109951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a88403970156d2dd7dec4cd04e5934/15612847123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/dajowelovowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/82076656721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/62906171742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/nawebolunonelukagajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronikarp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veluderap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ae19c7c1f---30668606820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/xogigisado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/rikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34bb7467a483b0e708d3b3e4b49c39c/87084154236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/segas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-new-wow.com/upload/files/48587288076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2645ead4---mogeroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnvoj8n12ardjps51i70gq5c33/1645861252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/47192771319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e8cfc4ba3---fitupajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef12933f17---2626432621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+outsiders+answers+chapter+2PDF 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_off0000ee0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001061f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061F 18116 bytes
SHA-256: cbbc3d79314dc5243f03c7da8e98e48903cf144c8f0b2fd273254c8e2be26ff4
font_02_sfnt_off000134fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FD 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 6be25dd70a0b1806354f45a4dfa643e6ec6e138bebbb396cf7949e52144207c4