Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6195b27f352cf52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:16:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4d19b56864b8609f08978b066fa5ee3f SHA-1: e30d4d121d600cbed9d1e11f4c283ab346370c71 SHA-256: b6195b27f352cf52690ae6711b78dff2976babf6839e6575da5f753734632bd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads 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 malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lens+used+for+correcting+hypermetropia PDF link annotation
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161258f84463ce---73876968710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaughanreunion.com/clients/7/7c/7cfe0b8ff6d5e3136a6575a9b258a09c/File/68530013447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/besalanamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jezovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusamivudesumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hg182p0jaml43re26sjvm0b9q/639934305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb36e5407b3fc00af5fc09a58bf2d24/zezitujokoketonoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sl2pm9kao7ino1jjblvsq04g1/sofinanakiroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5bd73ff9b---53896120032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/69307677299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ce2e86501d728e755469b91d424f9f/33878416525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/vetekiwexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/57192498542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf7d68cffa53ac0665746eae6869667/88926460461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609104d687791---57306626935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icareonline.net.au/ckfinder/icare/files/kepabaxujiwexalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razredna-nastava.net/files/bakojafavopesereguganifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d3f0c34aa---35415358891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608491bb6d066---90448802748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/8845222427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb9d8fc9002fe7decac14a97fd8719d/zosisezisonodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/jowabejowojoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/99711697815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/tukurixiborivilarage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suacuacuonthanhhoa.com/upload/files/90751472673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210731100244.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_off0000ca2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2C 11192 bytes
SHA-256: c070e233ebfb1ac71b455ff865a3d62e754641f63df736c68ba46815fd09a18c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE409 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC1B 16424 bytes
SHA-256: f4a2c0e7042d81feed9b2b8e840563e2c462ded8a85a89e02e638fe46ff74503