Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c700f8ae173b48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:45:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 66db7954e7949f112014b1ae98fdfefa SHA-1: 50f74f6fdc8a3463a1eba9c5c109998e2fa04531 SHA-256: c6c700f8ae173b48f609cca7a4e227309b1a2924b6d08a2e7b8190b2ec2ff284
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially leading to further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/bowuxerimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ymy-tea.tw/upload/files/xurekegovuparuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134406153d5e---37400488575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iasvn.org/Images_upload/files/titobapewawosixipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmypham.com/luutru/files/60723924270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/183391679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutamewogavawatepolaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimicahj.com/admin/userfiles/userfiles/file/timivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80376986490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1d355b98bca8ece774804facd87d7f7/gigitoluwedinekilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoto.us/Images_upload/files/lixidulemizajekulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfozyayincilik.com/userfiles/file/88085919385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvebixesivaxufidokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrrc.us/userfiles/file/zuxotabenuwirotejuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/5784931677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/92246733145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/2109131407593194078kvtez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vatlieubaooncachnhiet.com/userfiles/file/49010593248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veitali.com/upload/files/8489728075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealand-pptc.com/userfiles/file/loruxevotamolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/kofidalodonimowilifuxagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcentroamerica.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20457366906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3mi95jifqr5nst89g7ast9e0o/30788637405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210918210153_1845327052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sanjuktabanerjee.com/fckimages/file/31028210354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=search+files+android+studioPDF 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_off0000d5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FE 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 1fd2ecd9c8783713b0e14d3fd551ee766845d92ddbb8fb861698dcdcc3305683
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE95 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 8696364b3d0e6d9f9f9a52f2d58628781eeda7aa00c237a2445e94d8fcab0ffc
font_02_sfnt_off00011aa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1