Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6b00ebb9568e6f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-10-06 07:51:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 76ce80c5135eebf8599bbcec01c52e4e SHA-1: c81282916ed34a11afbfb56dae55bc31facc64f9 SHA-256: c6b00ebb9568e6f6090c9792419389f3753044e1f32ecb0fd0f10cdde48003b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. Embedded JavaScript is also present, suggesting potential for malicious code execution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://relans-nn.ru/images/docs/file/53314621373.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/manuzozatokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/fifomasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/298cff8bad6c0503a3cb8d57556fe5ad/47912787306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wipawopozixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49201339299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.vegner.com/userfiles/files/20210922_145427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/nenenejukawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://managhantasala.net/mailuserfiles/file/12033146895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614490ccf0f86---87333995024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad2266f73c99045863223c18429cf31f/robironelixokezufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek5f7vtgm25unk46rbsajmvivu/biwafasuneloxepabagikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaladany.hu/upload/file/71533220653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59739780195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/pidimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/donolisitawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowballet.ru/userfiles/file/puvufedeliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a75f8ab3c0---20317879218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamazesinage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/71973788089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e81b457034---buximiduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/52023626550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnrnk3vs9vji0vahvqn1en9lq6/zadidorokowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helix.chuing.net/mai/ckfile/files/61878742765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/zinudape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=stay+home+and+stay+safePDF 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_off0000e020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE020 18740 bytes
SHA-256: 7bf7a9a68d28be63342dd5ed0b183abf7202f1c24d18805cc58feecc4e7d52fd
font_01_sfnt_off0001106d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12884 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 134642d44515bf653a1ae6acf255e733685f7c59833f17e954b2b2e59bca631e