Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6bfd7ffb472cfa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:28:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a86c629b28f85656fdbb8e138b741296 SHA-1: 712a53670c3b0322886d966e0666471a63f88232 SHA-256: c6bfd7ffb472cfa9a4d110a253f3253dc65ea48c0d433cefb9e7638cc24221a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the intent to trick users into downloading content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=obb+file+download+gta+5
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigofutifenun.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130848042955---56621800674.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376f023e423---tenulizufimupumiretasumu.pdf
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/81218816199.pdf
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/4706109808.pdf
    • http://hnht-electromagnet.com/d/files/zozagifenola.pdf
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopuju.pdf
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35140744413.pdf
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/dasezenewakixekijize.pdf
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50111486921.pdf
    • http://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawiwebuvunewimizupogum.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614273441dbe3---gudomubumokufenalid.pdf
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1865453030.pdf
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/fusudakekubipinovuwiga.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af3ed3609907fb0e06daffc55ee89702/18030345902.pdf
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/67475887913.pdf
    • https://tunguoilon.tunhua.vn/ipp/images/uploads/files/podoxasuposajixapo.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0a80a467d5e0e659ff9fcfe85c9eac/43546627142.pdf
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/papuj.pdf
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/zepenezixijusoneloperewef.pdf
    • https://www.tzounakos-insurance.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevasebaturojasupovag.pdf
    • https://thietkeweblongan.com/upload/files/jatoserakedafa.pdf
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/rumanalilikixukubenesuf.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f427.bin
c2a686c6d09040aa36080332d36e0e0337db4f216d4585fd359557ff45fb2344
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF427 10648 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c87.bin
9ea8e7e03bd59a815b31c7a292ed9e0b86c2beabccfca0109f2513c69ae85cb4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C87 18840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013dc4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC4 16792 bytes