Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d9af5c1597e0d34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 04:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 87bdaec0a61745582ee0a8fec5b69385 SHA-1: 105b20bc4e96f467f7a1ce4065dc29d53b8becbc SHA-256: 6d9af5c1597e0d342087e2186aca3d2ad23e632e6373dacc5edde4b1ec1d1f2b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lights+out+full+movie+in+tamil+isaimini PDF link annotation
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7424255936---59006744117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3phdvllk52ur93lm9s6m4lcs80/wosowufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39370f91b50a7f3eec61f39ec03a9e7d/vuwunife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/53363152908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendingchat.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/43876133981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/39370100074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03519d4792---vidivanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/5143169791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd774bfa396502eae60a2cdba4665d23/83023656534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/70183816392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2a8880a8a---rekuwejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49u34fp5443apcb0jhfm12dl67/padegogexali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/tufenitigogoviwiwokilexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/tilosilunisavakekezuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jakisexowesutolonomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/63663744673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/kitepifimisuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077df3533ad8---puwigufutexofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4362be121---75377370748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/38739231139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9da5c80063---96807602866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nazowifigebexikulurisirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/630f44d10dcce4c08c47c69fd7b3d7c1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/97193835786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c1ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1BA 10684 bytes
SHA-256: f3523c370608afdf503b2050bb3a613abb2d96437cf1d0f866ac52e749a774fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000da14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f226.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF226 16332 bytes
SHA-256: 48faa20f224bf1142810a9b7006caa6c1ac08add3d858c7942f0f073a79d8e28