Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c063506c75c3e93b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:38:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d4221273c773a16a3a4a022c4d1c18b8 SHA-1: 2126228520f6e38801bdd0b24fbc969bf6e51f6f SHA-256: c063506c75c3e93bb8f8900c05235545face3c0aa694ef4cca58ffb2c82d94f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document that contains a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of numerous unknown-reputation URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=network+documentation+template+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12ef83b993---tedoduwezukinogowozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/32377653255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f7280d5d0---73895354725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/sepasuzafotijazukenutedes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/xojalixaletozezovowovugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076006c62fe6---nodurejotezitapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/37465423588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/nigupazopudadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/mudupumufuvokavawumame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476225ec4abb76a6a139bcf57f828074/80227022487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/fopivuvidorafiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/zuwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911ddadea59---misexisomolasabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mofusebuloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de4324a59f0---99080328501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8436edbab9---16781424531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/piqthi3mmeakq79t8j75gegml4/zatome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e2a870377b0affc4d1c00032b6cbeb0/nijemizewiregivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd0f483129---zoposokitizegalamodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/desekonixalenakipirifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/35873965136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i7pbssa2qkn83gbrknrgis2gt/5441494583.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_off0000f267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF267 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A7E 10868 bytes
SHA-256: f5dd80a22f1333a69bbf84578f7040d8bffbdf50f845f09db60e7316e188832f
font_02_sfnt_off0001239c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1239C 17820 bytes
SHA-256: cf72dc12c335ae872c922e56ee8fb4cc029ec9f488180d69317dcad839eee76b