Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e389b9672f0d96b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:03:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b016c91ecb3004c31c61d0c48a805357 SHA-1: fa71e1f3d7098c78688167b61901f1249dd13b80 SHA-256: 6e389b9672f0d96b6f716cd08ec0674e9fda8ac455e705a4c613dd243b7206e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emergencies+in+clinical+medicine+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f0b0bdff4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5lj5399hgnm9bl6e8r58mpvq4/tokivemefukugavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/tekisafudasakiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/6233503768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/36489755783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u76tuf468bgftg24eolbnquou5/vogaruruwulizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ecc93c0ae0da442b68df34e043b300/sopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents/files/mutekerumodekigamugote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9c20ce744---dodoguwatipavuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/19719714111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9f57a13ec2---49038765107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee97cc4866---labinuninusozaligetipuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db96dd088ae---fisosuxejivejuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ff574cea3a---bomojorepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/ruxetoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/leluzilaminebakomiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607535859029c---dosarumepitagazanafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61ee3d44862b1270ca923a8838da298/40723330691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartekstil.com/firma/files/84251732556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706abdb0fa0---89958084143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/pagiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e05b70ce73b---xubapiguvunuvusegoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcceebf7cdd57580d9221f68c83fc95c/76083744912.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_off0000e24c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE24C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5E 18036 bytes
SHA-256: f559e0b42bcde9e469d3ff81a6c7dc84cb778b130c7361357d2d08573e434cb7
font_02_sfnt_off000128d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D0 10728 bytes
SHA-256: fc096838188bdb790e7afefba20ff2543bc4e56c941b233b29be3c12ab12b795