Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e05dfdf5a1a575f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 17:57:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: da710287397f3b55487b5fc43e9e5612 SHA-1: 37316098094aeab112924b52206050357c10c0e9 SHA-256: 6e05dfdf5a1a575f965384851a81933a4a05073909b50586a499c3d0560d5f3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to external websites hosted on what appear to be compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the link farm behavior and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://slpclassof67.com/clients/45391/File/zevupizifigemegojasabon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1816c1bd62---91006009181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/jatopekanitediwina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1f475cf50---13904890570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/sigasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzumaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/fulerazodawovizejozadajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/46403839775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/80189967435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e200b5c249---wadejelulufujewexuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0329be625bf117e730aace892bee86c/derapagixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55e642be1a---61937598568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210713040436188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a000fbe7940---47618903324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/20262322584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbc4e33d0b3---29711277826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793c7c5cf58---kigofewetukatefikotixogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3qgbc3quk9896pstt22k4nsrr/85871415442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c98f5db734bc0e489f68753d89995fd/pitoravunotajonamune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f34691e11424141072468c4f577f733/wigekogepirukuloxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apa7a0clqi0ljfg23a123gg6bi/momewasufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f514d028e5---kagumuloveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/nuvotarozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=play+green+day+musicPDF 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_off000107eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12002 10712 bytes
SHA-256: ab6c79c12d07099756f17c68a24d2f742881ef621883840d1f13627be4c56a99
font_02_sfnt_off0001385e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1385E 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 18690852e7949ea2f03e50529c50d9df4d7d54d00fc661b0d17f67534fface4e