Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f737ddb58bad316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:12:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d598b96ad50e662535715bc89ea29a6 SHA-1: bf7fe0751cf4254913227ea081708c88b109b0fc SHA-256: 6f737ddb58bad3166efdb29fc321401af5fcc91bb24aae4219249fc82b9ffed9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and compromised links points to an attack pattern involving directing users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/61302353562.pdf
    • http://1960ihs.com/clients/e/e0/e0b58928a48036c9af8d6cfc9cffdd99/File/vovobexigowitogijam.pdf
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/woruzoloremafovabuwutezit.pdf
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmd3r1ddrvbsuq7l1urknlrvk4/68089394632.pdf
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/rulegogoku.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5aa2fc16da---10492103497.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9a242b66---damewirisusoroguwo.pdf
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/71286589990.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c02322166---59880463880.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09564d43fe5ebd3e68ea5642b0f21210/20175976992.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751d0b4817a---lusizebijorigukorobal.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b615aa9bc7e---2740409642.pdf
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/28534739000.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c5b43df320a1f92bafa8f917b6743f7/77837053492.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97d8b70ba2---pisunolevobak.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c964c0e1021c83b9deb6cc3a8952fff0/86866013607.pdf
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1pqqkdomtvjrdsjp2ienns14/52879946382.pdf
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae410c847c1784cb52509ec2e543091/jexukomegejilujapas.pdf
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/79904661001.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2e0924a20---72172341102.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fqiu4bnf8im5n1gainr7j93ot/11816699523.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7dppdhct62egk7mcakghss893/44802653646.pdf
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebedevebizevo.pdf
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ecd0909a735bf41f868326cf4e9091/96860998283.pdf
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/42544750096.pdf
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/18408729935.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+merge+to+pdfs+together
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e898.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE898 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100aa.bin
88a996d0b4a877803e826de6c1494460c9d1820731fa187f4737d4604d59a23b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AA 17216 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012df6.bin
fee20a0d001f88c4dbf6121541ac491781167430caebd39729cdb533f79e5df3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF6 10616 bytes