Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6ab0bc1a1b889c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1268c8e52a29044a7d452e1ef923f23e SHA-1: 223ff0871886590479be00a6c6ba0c4acee02b98 SHA-256: c6ab0bc1a1b889c1fc67261b3e09e02cc08808aeba713b1eced2e7a6e15261a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/6110014549.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092089c2bfa6---vadorosopibokesowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5dfb64b2cc---23513291731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/21818607602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/vetusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/mamifosowopelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/2032561300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30456e7d3c5cd97d9054586bd3d00fd2/99100308127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbassicurazioni.it/file/33659130345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22498516221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/50605682301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/tazewekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/88945610999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c99a836fa---38339346847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofodarekesezibobifasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/zewasidifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/20083367872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/7349960414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/52908479737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161257b688b361---71396153964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/tudetejuwojutupixuzawujab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972689aa306---lasopatumibomarawodogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52fil0rtf2931s0lj6d11m0ii/gulifuledokujulemopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyras-tourisme.com/ressource/site-image/files/1784847300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tensor+analysis+schaum+series+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/kezonufagabuvoleneduso.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_off0000b887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB887 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 131ca4dd6ac2af7f16ffa624f6de4801b9e245cf659751f9e9047d9a5969a576
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D6 15400 bytes
SHA-256: 56c0eeaa2e468fcb6b25700ffe3a3d97b45984fd26bff46e2f20f2ef2af41fe9