Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d5f0a6a815e856b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3f9caaba4e3971c8009b3508cb94bb99 SHA-1: 217f9aad3f95142c9ba540d3fa61d8aea3df32e1 SHA-256: 6d5f0a6a815e856b97f0276fe10bd43c3737935559ee8789ccad924210ccdffe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest this PDF is designed to lead users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+allow+android+to+install+third+party+apps
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91678201411.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/rogenomabadadozoki.pdf
    • http://salocchi.it/userfiles/files/samozanazapevexupipikad.pdf
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/jokamudisum.pdf
    • http://aurangabadptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60323054836.pdf
    • http://ghefoot.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/95708353118.pdf
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/99594382085.pdf
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/bijoxagepamujufozub.pdf
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/43405409537.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424207a1cab---17311701705.pdf
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/gaxofovo.pdf
    • http://videotour24.com/data/fckupload/file/37633041324.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1fcf40951---natatabodorulepixoderede.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613829fec3922---basadasilowagibikogonutel.pdf
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/retukojinin.pdf
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/vexesewegawonoke.pdf
    • http://zamdq.com/filespath/files/20210910105203.pdf
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibuwadituxatineg.pdf
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/wigubapolojuzumodufofe.pdf
    • http://nirmalamathachurch.org/cms_uploads/image/file/51934098398.pdf
    • http://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/53216200494.pdf
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021090807051570554.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a803e825993bf085882774b33574b268/zelirimuwefolesage.pdf
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/jurelokukemefidizejijav.pdf
    • http://tatooazh.ru/files/files/raxejuzanezizumedikabu.pdf
    • http://jinsonmetal.com/Upload/file/29061355511.pdf
    • 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_off00011623.bin
697709509d90ace57fb143027b88a09b6b5d71a84059349cf738c421af087e3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11623 10548 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012e12.bin
118560813c8acdee5f06cc14371e59251e8ec7cd7d39a38bfa530d2fb3587541
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E12 19988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016181.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16181 16792 bytes