Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c6826575a88ca1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 21:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f71f28eff77f6619107bf23828df817a SHA-1: e9969308a22f4f17f4786ccc663b67722663bf38 SHA-256: c4c6826575a88ca1041fffe6c0408aac9f2ef70fdd420d4c5186bc9dfd03f407
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The primary purpose appears to be to drive traffic to potentially malicious content or facilitate phishing attempts through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cdf2aa8a62c6e08cc0bc433a3978e9/salogadeko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/lapazudefipokanodoluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8affbef0e385ce3014ce74306cb79bc3/66869210370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e63676a8---kewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eeac015f915842b4653531bebcb307a/1612148117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/48292694117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d9a6960a7---49787265328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/55739668689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f8a8947ed---tesovitekozizuvuvozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9rrml1pcod1157vg3r4lhhjk3/24989995467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/74812696968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/75933452791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b2744139---labobopagabofagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/kujozatirasamibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa813299105---kawepajezeduxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///73799802661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f067d16704---4536910449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/nivak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/98908200133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1669cd43be---befesubetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fku234tj0hegjjsk9v0ploble/zosilikoxoxirogalimegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/dufabujedumunudumagaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba66f25b3de---36268934371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+how+to+get+more+fpsPDF 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_off0000eb74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB74 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 264d3bf3cd066371e30b391a2013be86fc8b58056d266879ff4dfc57e63cc1c3
font_01_sfnt_off000104cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CD 16812 bytes
SHA-256: ab35c5b38780cdd109375aa63537c20398db3e0a17531c5fc1ba19e2f478153c
font_02_sfnt_off00013051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13051 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1