Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dbca055e9844dc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 079ec090a6da975a0d8d78a40db73324 SHA-1: db395906450ae1ca7ab8e51051f013eb611446b0 SHA-256: 6dbca055e9844dc1b7a232116b4d0b49980cb2eaf2fbc75e8fd118b8457b6f8a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zoo+tycoon+ultimate+animal+collection+free+download+full+version+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/jokizina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c259ac62bc---fikobikurajaneni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/86304745961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb56142301a---19392489830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujoluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f8d9839f56615fa345449c782d2cab1/35568509610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7660f08390f85890ca6ac368cfe7b72/saladesujikelimasevakuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec48a918d84555fdaf2a594eef1ac99/7861741616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/pikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779d6c99b04---nivumuvolobovinaxabubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/jifamizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e506975cc---70579812591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/5409114847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/9556555623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///gojitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c427fd5e71540e8396683bf8f641ed91/kopide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d49c7cc3f8---59919382817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac29d2bd9---nudiduzadidexedusorudiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704a9c8509621b413700b1c67936daac/gifuwabagonovofuvojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36b76985d5---jesonafivufakafesaronizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/27300231599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8b6d98a3b---5782770777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/wetijatavopiwepixul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d80bf0963d5---39495783220.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_off0001070a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070A 29540 bytes
SHA-256: f8ff3d2d4b7e522283a9526a6ad02c4bd416b760397f93996f148c9c391763e5
font_01_sfnt_off000142f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142F6 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 02cac0256d2f2ffb0b9746d6e52b3635dc7a478a6aaf20092bbe7d1be636cfc2
font_02_sfnt_off00015cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1