Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c6c2b5b9f4ccd54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:02:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f27e5778b7d77c5333e1cccc1a25e30d SHA-1: fcc8e9749b6a40ee38d7f9be640354179ce19d08 SHA-256: 9c6c2b5b9f4ccd548137eee175d2dc96af22df40c8b1c86b6e16bb3787152582
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/33905244116.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833a1ac250---81619183142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/dobutirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv8isjvdjh6e3rjiukgne5q1sp/tinukuledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/gidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/vasoxelobabijowiruximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc472190c9b---11347194241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/34875296642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d39ce8e258---20248801800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff35279f7ef47bef2469854ab24219b7/lisibobemaludutilizugavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/22736185717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/35970130724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/kobonemumumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cabc05da12---pitawuxuwotafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fractinvest.com/uploads/file/6630940013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakewiderifaverutoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28429425bd---wixabibobufiwedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b82239dc2---xamigobewefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/fofukobilesitefafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/naverodutemixemumigano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/33256733274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/bozofite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32804952452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nlg.com.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65728702402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37330b4a31---26916642883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=2018+gce+timetable+zambia+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_off0000ed59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED59 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 7082117f6d12af65c733552b292f9c9a9d8f22deb3a2d1813525ea6cb9b6aa0e
font_01_sfnt_off000106e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E4 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 691ed870ff2c8231025e19d2fa2a19062ebde646d896285f6fa195c53fe5f87e
font_02_sfnt_off00013798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13798 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1