Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d17a6c12981a631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 02d4628945f055f3f0e7b580cf8ea300 SHA-1: 6a5eefd5962a72b2521d49949ba09338bab0eedc SHA-256: 6d17a6c12981a6311b23821bfaa6d6c66e296aede90571f87ccef52fbf385b65
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://cakkue.com/contents//files/95962283295.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um96hkktueplv8cni1pnrvibph/31934306147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/dubesabejisexosotaterip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/letonorevisugotoraredane.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://mishor-uvk.com/uploads/files/vabobazeputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekcafmfbtq14322erovs71si29/dalonotexawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b108ab2b6---76328053085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cc1184b6a35be0944707ad8c368a12b/574872521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d27547fb2a39327c89cebf5e5e23a6/dagiroxejagetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01a64d8c62c22a7e64a92469b66a6cf/loloxinasobaxisodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879e7bb3b53---repevedusejolunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/sugojavogowutulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/28778963260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072807ad53f7---62121537961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/74159439596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84909982428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/28937926936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/60246752043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8130120ad175166d2a96f5cdc3f96304/86602818207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92472559964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b36c16b464---ranana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ab6a671ed---sepokejufalolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29956b4899---putizenerosudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+un+pdf+en+word+modifiablePDF 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_off0000d725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD725 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 3904a2a849332eb10850f406be523c4699bfb5efeecb4fe9ea038cecf53d44c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03C 19248 bytes
SHA-256: fd61b1c6839c3820438cdf62472c3da7a67083fbafda8cd7dc4ad886a7c69042
font_02_sfnt_off00012098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12098 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1