Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fa76c75b027b74a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-08-31 10:03:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fc058fa503537571af00dcc4f6f110aa SHA-1: d7269f49c6a83f6df535b5e2bd3e2329abbd5b26 SHA-256: 6fa76c75b027b74ada9e3d4fec82e0164d6af9bc62d6610d66665f277bdf0a2a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to domains flagged as compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content, suggesting it's not intended for user interaction but rather to host the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050307340073499.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/69324820684.pdf
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumibadoxagifajo.pdf
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/73942011392.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106d73aac55f---55278788163.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70389256454.pdf
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fipebikotino.pdf
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/lorax.pdf
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/73989233885.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f31679385---70632186533.pdf
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021062314564497.pdf
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/77609586975.pdf
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/maxopolo.pdf
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/91565783304.pdf
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/13241504274.pdf
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/bezufunaxajivuj.pdf
    • http://coalcreekcentenary.com/clients/5/52/52f735e63eff8706e1a2a73a20aef632/File/97320785945.pdf
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/15547646048.pdf
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/lexiwogiriwusani.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/93986920680.pdf
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/13302322378.pdf
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/koneloxenojebuwaton.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5b7dbf435---60071420638.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+preview+a+pdf+file+without+opening+it
    • 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_off0000b2a9.bin
b33a21dc3e7ddd54136390239296f48f82e942085d32c22a95daa037e5565d71
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2A9 14944 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b1.bin
df6780c8816af265413829d95323e8449318467820beaf3069f2efccb33cdfa1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B1 10852 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f177.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF177 16792 bytes