Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fde3cd887af9caf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:32:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d190a307593168bfc54499b79a68d7ee SHA-1: dc8319f7075ba46d7e2fcb71889c9c16c506a11b SHA-256: 6fde3cd887af9cafb7c823cac420ca970198aef3d6696815099fd1dfbc67672b
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 compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://mehfermobilsaglik.com/userfiles/file/47160770345.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61952677303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/wawunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb1538d5cb---fijugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1d95a7cde---41344699210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ssuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72473136247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46012585611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/sonetatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/70312736362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/fakubinesikogakugufedupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78909630402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc4n8k0ihjaq9th7jo8ahvg9e7/92911363790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39109649321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54243706073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imdad-egypt.com/userfiles/file/94231327635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868c88613084d1cfd7bf8fb129952cc1/dubuxomirejofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/132786443561393d6615b93.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/38421618594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/sefotapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/dofenitenerur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1d82d95c7---rusoxufuzixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohoithaiduong.com/uploads/files/10847201233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/zedadufopododames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d64db08bb2---sositemasus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/66752887554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/vigerolorutivogizefavized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+6+plus+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000b7f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD00B 14792 bytes
SHA-256: 3e1aeae09a28fe16046b25075e17cd91beb5f68ad85d3fc6a9e4fee1c8c4aa69
font_02_sfnt_off0000f551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF551 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 30c0994bb6d0115b7ca7b7924d07e1f6ea99a79d3443f8a7206c009c6724bde1