Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fee9ec475419134…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cd1646c1cd3bf4d3c0b941ddcba6f5cc SHA-1: de4a5a36bd4aa3213e7d44c2df00e755b3b5fbdb SHA-256: 6fee9ec4754191341fb23d91fa8df0776c5a516578c8d16fdd320fe4b59c12ca
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing a link farm strategy to direct users to potentially malicious content. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a dropper or redirector for further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/regomofin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://premo.at/userfiles/file/doligaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07947312a137d8ffff479f9f48c4f4b1/vosituvitufikatubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56e9a7f586---filulusigilakona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/10021177228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e96710890caad956b4c181755ce5f2/7331307649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/14426637913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/52089035720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607181ad7bb2a---wojigigonufokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c82f9b642---34454546589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091faac7473d---61946800203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/68592063026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/rukufegezazipuxukeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/tamitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/godinozulepojukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/38635981558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/nubitisugulutadekatovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/76846267994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/2135543634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://express-service-auto.fr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36768316425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c93ecb1d---sijazara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407671dd42e3f5f6a1ce0a4051dc7249/79910015319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5daf3501d---75876283189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae08ffbce4cadbb2fd120be24c3ecbf8/15452444526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aae7fb3a63---xugelovevitagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=polk+audio+magnifi+mini+home+theater+sound+bar+system+manualPDF 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_off0000deb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB7 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 3b34cb48c4db6320a814c0dd89c911656c453479806174c2e18c8c2d01ce385e
font_01_sfnt_off000109f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F5 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 5917ced929fd2ec9d48a4a487b5b035d9ed50e2e39c6c0d99ab3f17e10f19afe
font_02_sfnt_off000123f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1