Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6ad8aa737f534f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 051f80c9df806e504ea4643e0ff3c7fa SHA-1: e25d8ef35ef318f2304cd1aebb058ea448f60a5f SHA-256: b6ad8aa737f534f2d10d473e0cdd76b1f68b7e15834a2eee82fd81b41408ad61
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The high number of algorithmically generated URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/nuditibegotel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/kusunorozowematezipofiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2c0b66f39---kabelumikabojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/pozurabelovobexetazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1837394805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/71493811486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832e21e850---70435390432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12963f3fd10d770caf597e445c2d33e/53429163919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00ca5dce58---lalujukewufodudazedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/154858599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74111155595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h7ae1p9o4disloo2k297hks9j/93037995213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26d1fbe8b6---sawelixegukore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armandofalconi.net/userfiles/file/juvuvovusagetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wepunobovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/zitolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9eb046328---rojoxamuwiroboligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/rezawatizivuxojizejanore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geojeoceanhotel.com/userfiles/file/20210804133009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/39218951180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krainaogrodow.eu/zdjecia/fck/file/71319591901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/xorudusodegufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5efaca812---19699826243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/damufonona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210831_4304AB110B719FA6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=misra+c+2012+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dd7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7A 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 2aac52c09e8ff981ef8b1efc7d8700f69e698edf19b1523bab963bdcd1646fe7
font_01_sfnt_off00010bff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12416 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 3586821110c6008dc7abed490fbfadc51f1a10488fd802376613e72fda80a38a