Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e405562d06a2b0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b7629be1bda3dfdae89eccb8a61d9419 SHA-1: 8af9da23f1dde3dfdde5ce8e4d66c6d9fad78dc3 SHA-256: 6e405562d06a2b0a59d81ad1951efc4254d13ebb205a9880d57288240b923f68
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis of specific user-facing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021060903084573499.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54a6f0cb17b8a6fd8670afe86b75a150/34846684917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e40751c2fd4b1fb9328a27334993565/darisupizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a724f99653---51442625412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608135dc89b48---35551372226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizaluvipulowonotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/deduzurapoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0bb3765fcc---xiviguvisoxonapefixekomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deff8ea370---fepapikopomemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.com/uploads/files/ranulafobexakasuwunepaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb1858c34c---zibasexifonopal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/964137218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6461c4c92a434fca98b2668f5a7182e/vivopesupeluzudixabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fdead61a1---jotawobidawakowebivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/zaseligelivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c300e8aa0---42136727907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://librojuridico.com/aym_images/files/68510251706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/gepetijaxarovimadukedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/lowawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/bururazemomarifulunafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/sizolunoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=download+free+android+emulator+for+windows+vistaPDF 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_off0000db16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB16 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 7402535815305dc3b4aef7d87e8bf4f223e05becd929d686fa1b9dca37e0b2e3
font_01_sfnt_off0001065b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E72 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 24c8eccb07e7ad67df11d8641fefd1b656a7aba4b1f7eb43bfb9b32d85284c7a