Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c6cd5603dcd5248…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:12:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bf1a146fb0d1dfae91904fb8aa81d70d SHA-1: 0b55dd53bc67677a2b68b2f18148d15fd533c241 SHA-256: 9c6cd5603dcd5248bf53ed28490e9f6e77554e31bea74aaef714bd2d8e500ed2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ross+interview+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d628e9dd707---92972878793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/doviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/40714471885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawodude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffff754342---bijuraxajinamoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/temibivadarisopomuziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f35ec79abb---63070254754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/vonopawija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berudule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33a4711bf0a1d81150e4aa5833175802/zubidaguripovoxoxaxifibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/9927804618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/giwejokukatixogorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5cb026c8d5a5fdef4e5ca933795d9bc/xeputuwuzasorodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5413739d044f36b4ef8caa7a729cdcf/53392819217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11503986220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/vipofivekobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olh8u5427hc5fhfcf5366fkqiv/59369320631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/59669269872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/xaminamazojiwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5fe79508c---61560762163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/86099539239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/23035303802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021052102490873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb193cbec8---18149280062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ho1od37bufg2cre5c0vr852o4l/takakuparobugebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000108e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E5 17636 bytes
SHA-256: aa821a3da4a716954fca90f4dcc473d1404a030ac9ab9a5c2a2e3943b4418e6e
font_01_sfnt_off0001375b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1375B 10640 bytes
SHA-256: fb9293ae254405037d80d78ccb159c8180617b76c2f2ee7f8501b824c4cfde07
font_02_sfnt_off00014fb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1