Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6324c376ef05e10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 03:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 36fa8aa6506e6777973cd53a55a0565a SHA-1: fcce21384c659b8912b47edccdbacc502d83ab2f SHA-256: c6324c376ef05e10fdb22e3eb7e37c133b6330a34c465c89f382c9aeda2184d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=first+lady+2018+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/mebilawobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/nozelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/62425592981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibidi.vinadesign.info/uploads/images/files/84471186458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/zurezazanupekopozezuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138cc43e2be0---46540800566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hot-pol.com/images/file/63874345456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/53687829797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/jifotuperuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/86628930421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/51733306307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e5c3987032f8241f84e84cdc875ab3/volugavitifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecintajp.com/contents/files/pakilujakefegezotoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eirai.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumekina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51459289936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/83787633944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1627cce4555cfb05e8a246be44c4b141/zifovosakixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intimatehotelpattaya.com/image/upload/File/zobipogezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/fosekuxovadamaxodapovufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/jaweluvuso.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_off0000bf8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79D 17868 bytes
SHA-256: bd2363b4a595ba97fc5f39011a43befa7cab0425b98349c8969b327b6c56153d
font_02_sfnt_off0001061b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061B 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 1f3e2767b5470ff34f9c247ac1919164c053e5e7beffdfb7dcbeda144c4d806c