Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f9b3aab4eecd99c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:03:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bfab28e707585a6f551aaf79919e1980 SHA-1: f5af35c2c3d33c38dc6dfbd19513bcfe61fb82c2 SHA-256: 6f9b3aab4eecd99c5dc80ff03e07d4cfdf4d96f2f174acd375db781088cd8d7c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing malicious content or leading users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+dealdash+located PDF link annotation
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/70722848634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d93cde061f373f04ee08662f3fb7bd8/konosagijaxoverak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a1b43f65f---rezebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701e1762633---32133650127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46769c3437---zudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/ruzalimorimarumawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/lutibefitexatinabixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/28073544930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/winugusabepepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74aebe819c---84151102952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f019f1a0ef---xewalenamunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef92905f37---newukosotatajelizobipezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3df3d421a---visem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/28178491714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/77237175976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u5e2aekm0bm4sp8c0o09hkgee/12954505854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cafcbea86---60166239990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonycustomtailoring.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fopupabakufupogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/61839273748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/13033537765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc4923606d---kewekufamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53484956341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b52533fcc6---72704787882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4e84f5ff4278728d3d890961bc65fd8/bagevipogilaruxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee8c123fc2c9569ed66073d35358e87f/17418194784.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_off000100c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DA 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 8c2b1bfbdaac0b1da9fdef5f19fc6a0f8c739ced6dc2d886c250e02283340a9f
font_02_sfnt_off0001306c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1306C 17732 bytes
SHA-256: b336aa943c234333ad1f068a9c62990e872b21689b9c9fffd573ff8378084f76