Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6d9f1359745b05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 81979b9c36352e047efebe39f1f6ffb4 SHA-1: 7ae2466907c99d61d749a8de3de9b4870b673056 SHA-256: 8c6d9f1359745b05c8aeaaa66809a31d0fbea2f54611c5712e3a4d0c1f5881aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic further support this assessment, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9629

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26192ca762b822a49218184e42232481/19708666156.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/77166293924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mutopuxosisijesezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faceconnects.com/ci/userfiles/files/nanefivutolovevosefexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/15416296985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ada7cab34e---93435471353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/41276624415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/sovixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083376b88ab7---sigajolasopajet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/sutaxuverabebezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/gesigetobeviwazodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di8lpj9f8psvfkco3vtdfpdbmb/mazazavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/72418774900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallymine-chicago.com/clients/867610/File/64219613129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr1um8qqruanv99i7a269u6e52/ruzulagorinarigalonika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/96706784073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a996f6a67ac---4487753326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/sekugowudulofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20595786862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadadogodaxomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/91617594426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4aa525d2b---72143756498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dafangtour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/devagafijedaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/876ueucmco23ed2l4r6cqdmpo6/jumolonegipatifeweregawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/penopibime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=genius+studio+japan+inc+mod+apkPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010fb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FB7 18932 bytes
SHA-256: fd1bfee8e0fec314a1b76de2c46551cc65b4ae1d9d9df3ed51ad0afe454e4047
font_01_sfnt_off00013fb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157CE 10888 bytes
SHA-256: d00ed50197038a0100105d8199f21dcd30ba9f8b64feb6ceff5f5ec7cd741028
font_03_sfnt_off000170f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170F7 1716 bytes
SHA-256: 2f7b992be1c0b46790bf7e441e89b6bedece4d823f2db77f4ed197908e7ece95