Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6c1ff0f0da4c158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5a3de4538134df504a40a1299a93c8bf SHA-1: d0423e8013f0d9a10429029b2a27c7c2d8e2535d SHA-256: b6c1ff0f0da4c15843dd019d66421ffa73eda69bf3477dc54d0c12fe124bb5df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination or track user engagement with the lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rmtd3aa2lcej6dcotbcoh6985/muwuwowejekuvodije.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/bagividigosegeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22065a38ee7cb91cd990385cc0261bd9/devonedevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/dizulisunobimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqblojj519tnokncg282f1b6ql/30580343406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39c95f8f73c8183131ba7d471317eb3e/84543202532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2be71841aa---96038409878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/zojixeniripiradixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf8f8ba5b1a---gubudimutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2d021ada0---loladesojofedujojino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608136e790e7b---56032068241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bahak3ierbb1b6flgho6kn61ka/jipaminotabuxetatusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/dafoxuvuzabudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728ed86922f---55864158789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05d3b08a8517b968d0aade8edd59622/sajaxevomogumami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/28694195087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d846f18e5cb---47779738147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/tivetepujikumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-20/20210520054925932386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac772ca2159---17254195442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ceffbe79f---83337009357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1442b5fd7d---29684722638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=episode+choose+your+story+apk+mod+unlimitedPDF 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_off0000ee63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE63 17536 bytes
SHA-256: cc7d4cff52caafd7a4eb14b0c7452e6dec44a968c7544c3ed150bd3de1c6d57e
font_01_sfnt_off00011c64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001347b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1347B 11068 bytes
SHA-256: f105c48e68b7eb6963d2d7bf6526b8f4637c5c37c0aca42006bb66c62e41d23c