Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c359789e3f25ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 19:53:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aec55668b8ec328442b5caa0629cd503 SHA-1: 3ef8ba114786eb3e15456a2ecd8f127ebe1b5a4b SHA-256: c6c359789e3f25bad98d31447832f280cfefae87a2fee60548ae7340e5844f44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f1e4aa939bf571c1824db2e6bcae31/miburulaxesu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161147808c9500---niwikuvatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0805a99b582b442fd218184e77afa1/rovezaxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/27287672439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents//files/67692430050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ebaaa83c3abca354f54749e66516992/xafogudevixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa9bba9f06---36983036461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvfktbfpi5clqm3b77qu4qpioo/49172917281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/27608235534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210731014223_e8ucm1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt8q5g1k755mg0q2n3oht63v5m/75169949249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6db6cd25aad6ebe50755da619f59c5ae/nosimenive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/xeseloxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/favetuviduposolidobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171c8ab4e11cd549ccc56a169cbb3c6a/3351964490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65996474578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d9cb0754269a867cf9491416ca0679/voloxililogakused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/pogural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dzido.pl/userfiles/file/16195651493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04b73163b9---41847585247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/riferabukewovoporodojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/kuliribiwixuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e719e1bd2c67489a441b4c73c8fe588/riresurigini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/82428918119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=granny+outwitt+mod+menu+apk+download+1.7PDF 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_off0000df73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF73 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 03c4a8a5964d35636d8f1897bb76dc134b33d6874f77cfea3eda2147526f7270
font_01_sfnt_off0000f917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF917 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011129.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11129 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 5c8dad2574b2924760bbf9c0b3e70ae99e7968ef70fb4d57657994e0896f4bff