Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6bed5dd531f9e4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:57:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 440a6e050697518e9831275a67c6d454 SHA-1: 01ecee606dda0cf05c8686cd6e449ce3fea21365 SHA-256: c6bed5dd531f9e4a4c279e4111120974092533e029b312c16e8c398318213f65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and links to a farm of compromised CMS upload storage locations. These links likely serve as lures to phishing or malware distribution sites. The PDF structure and embedded JavaScript suggest an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5senqkq7umviddjvpsqh4mq5m5/97753706229.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30928e09a9---tawutotezafived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/gefegeloxukajaluvavoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085205cb2eb1---52584966351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/vomozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitizubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.micron21.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40940224992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dfbcbbd313e34aaaf955e3480ce14c7/41530780307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d3e0b622da73f176c96cfd9aec07248/befitedoraroposopusizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/65117016927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b00733ce102f7b779f5405acea02979a/71999594857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e7e079a4a---98910831371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/gugaziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e6102a952774ee3c5c634b6587e047e/61166852349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/zojukaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keemunblacktea.cn/uploads/file/302157437522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a8cdf034c---zenupikejevafutejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/zalojubozuxesuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/21728930207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/79616425047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82687442511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/sagawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/42339207827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=north+west+university+campusesPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b2f7847223db29ea65027aa24108d2/37345049074.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_off000103d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D4 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 27b66ff394f32ca775e32bf9fb2a7243f9f0a50583d683da202fea125ea694d5
font_01_sfnt_off000130cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148E6 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 2c6487481b5a44d27f86f28a21ea1bec051b796d4842ec954671d5e4260565dd