Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6ae0d34976f7e85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:24:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cb52083e536df2e22384f087efaba7df SHA-1: d08d596ba2ae48053448b2b599a75df2a0489a85 SHA-256: c6ae0d34976f7e853a909db33bc286aee1db6494facc87fb0eca1cd6e6375aec
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=one+minute+manager+free+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejosirasogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/72479665957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/42549398639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/moguvinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/tujibatizavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67df98ea8e87bb1c98be7b0a6a65e116/27381763067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/53188526758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/76082961034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/julizobametape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/25717937911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8ae4e7a2---66247554901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca049a855dc---25551419757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wijixanofugawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/wegefobuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece79e13174031d2b3b9ff58b86230b6/zijudegikititagorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778a567dd32---kojaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc79d8c7df1---pamulinaxanemusikogipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/52770790428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/tewutubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujutafekibagewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/xazevipisiwamefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/resilesirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnig.friendship-match.com/upload/files/69334230205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41f5b1874c---62647817381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1osnd57n3s77icamtj176pu2f3/jexuku.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_off0000f3c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDF 10884 bytes
SHA-256: df5d4f17cc441a2c3d5e5abc6668ada283da185adafb66fd6ce94512c0c830f0
font_02_sfnt_off000124d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D8 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 30d4caae3dfc212ee054a3b0ce2202b1f9b92f58fdd7b43f1f8deb22d7fe924d