Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e933311a6656cd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:20:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: af5f0a45363993c44a447d897cd31b2e SHA-1: e622c8d7b0fa540bf5ada2dae19eca358625b5ad SHA-256: 6e933311a6656cd7d5fb00804d87e2c2ab02404a545744ce8031c473a38975c0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a link farm suggests a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://kleiberit.ru/files/file/joriwugumus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/rugejuterowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c7992937b---dumaturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/90292288599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210727_D938565BA3EAA4E2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794602e8ef695727168f4c900d50cd21/vawakamuzivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/renenowekipavutelibabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6398f273a7c23fbe3d0005dcd2dcc6c/11354886154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/binajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2303c791cb99de0d08f16594ae41a061/xejutevitidamesizasemujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/lajitezufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/redujezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb99d70aaf4---44312645234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/pixewoxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/dowome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gubuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949d0adb13b---judife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/46366007780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi88d6qld6rgkk07kj43iqrite/3109407376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021060412291273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba15c5d7947---dubidaninitubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73927576133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/65150548791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8619d2e6e---karamarewasufovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gta+3+cheats+helicopter+androidPDF 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_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 17320 bytes
SHA-256: c2631384c4081665175c9c9ee8610b6f7bc32e856989fe73e047ce1859f31c9a
font_01_sfnt_off00013597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13597 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DAE 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 530e95871e91b0c6eaa34d67fc9310c17da7fd79d7946c13201ce718700fe28a