Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f78ab7c686a84e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-10-05 15:48:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ca5451cab19f505468e553bc73201b1c SHA-1: b30948f0522cdf914eea906edf1eeabee18d0e9e SHA-256: 6f78ab7c686a84e027c16144edb96a2c114fbc44765e2e3db1cddf08c94c8f29
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204b8fd22e04c9a5f23d481d041d94bd/jopavubamemebikobotafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/65915189044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42633276137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b1s600qk0liftcke1tfr2ts4/67409960454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/tiwijabafaluzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/15176660249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpplcrl3b5clk7trm1pqv5kkjj/19043030885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanoonkaraj.ir/dbmanager/filebank/htmlgallery/file///musuzuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cannamelis.com/userfiles/file/bujalivixilabumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijugabuxakiwusuxijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135316222763---36862808899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/96864214695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43525281596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ecbd1b3pg07mtkmmlct1a5u4/ratewipoxevopejitisiwobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/5043166956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70619849583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96049089914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/sidujupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/fepimorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e84e16a4dd---libeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43821c8db1b9c87731ef32c0ad4482b6/wakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/dupitamowadefupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lienming-rubber.com/uploads/files/202109082051104269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/towim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=equation+of+circle+tangent+to+y+axisPDF 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_off0000d963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD963 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 05c8d1d947d888a1bf7294b8b7b774855960b63c74a52d3edd7bcec7877ed338
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A6 20132 bytes
SHA-256: 6d99a5f90f8a3885d7db07ba3f2530e4ac0d72c4c2da6b89a828b2fdcb1d54ec
font_02_sfnt_off000127d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1