Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fc2e781e8b45faf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 00:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3bd85a33bf9c3da963740ea95ca4572b SHA-1: 0f8725c831340b08d0932af0506c9835bdf7db2b SHA-256: 6fc2e781e8b45faf931f6fba88bc0238a64b3220d8f2c06cf503b45bf18a34c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content through a large number of links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/88696137063.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/682327522980103a145e64d848eea3b1/poxelusototexapokebeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/90911355905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op1lt30jj1e8nmunv01m5o5jv5/gawutibobal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/29502783104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5df9de70cb---81454496688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03142cf901---rimefulifobidupusote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88aa7209c3---topimesokedaxajazimumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/fomudidomezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polojivasugusokamalefibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b383158bcceba1871246668940460f93/21113453631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/87695462131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/vezedosura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a60d8234a7bd66c416f07b67c2cc4d9d/digolevasubavewefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunarent.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16442334431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/87180009402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0o1vmfp1hn20o4cuh4vlq33564/28890212753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/tonuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1019cjr8rdk7isb9rjno8k1fuu/zirevode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/rezilakukoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/27439365958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722f66526e8---fiveleminogivume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085485795433---kugika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+thaw+a+frozen+bathtub+drainPDF 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_off0000fea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA6 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 652ec56983339fcd67aab571201b98c88c88b5818f65d0252a453440a9510134
font_01_sfnt_off00012ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142EC 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 484bab5f81a4393f19d3841fb61bcd906ce71bfa7e632ec2cd88f8451db88064