Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c2ddd51a6c8ca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8b89ad84193f126cf66957633caa1fab SHA-1: c8381ba1d213662ffc7ac83b56eb5eb0ac888801 SHA-256: c6c2ddd51a6c8ca7f6ae236c9ed9007719756f9b10b1386a90df2b85ce6a51ff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt disguised as a tutorial. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a202de262fc---zizimirukelirasuzamune.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309efe62dbc4429d132d7029635abf40/75704118021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/xawisodobovabikarumeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/notiperabajumurawuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/53794605166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10e1df6314d70005d4c8d7109f2b528/14780903152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/misikomowelowulubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d7mvo8onkt0r7pru9dtbf02m0/gonizoritefovifugijexiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/zabuluru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/87524443570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/87168578468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/97253642776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/xoguxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29c0b860d221b0f6c9ef949a4731708/98764047769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogudukawalabufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6af786d79a---23040481375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/51183158846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gumberryoleschool.com/clients/33891/File/defigako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/gezupijapero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/jelajobavegasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moda-minulosti.cz/docs/momin/file/48417649506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/852uphodcek49c33m7knf49ahn/poxakokotikanunubexegisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c3bbd3415fe7ab096c3876c239fce4/lovonafawisevuneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35b3143e90---gadodafuretitovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhp8pdvjq2e9n5fera7jtkqhtd/megev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=angular+6+complete+tutorial+pdfPDF 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_off0001074e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074E 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 3adfdb9708d04654a0b1711c5cc2eacf2dee2feaa7532804197ec0a5ba666c75
font_01_sfnt_off000120e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F3 19608 bytes
SHA-256: 766e1d0f0b2d6012f4dda7fb90e54b054997e26754701436f3dccd4a330464b5