Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c7e4fdc8fdeb07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 04:20:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 01b9cc50cab40ff3dadffcafb0ab9d4f SHA-1: 5a958fed5c03a11979e55b8ff2baf95923d3f4b6 SHA-256: c6c7e4fdc8fdeb07c797263731ceb3642b0de73437c871532c69647dd225cd3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier's high score confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5c7ebd9f8---90227130932.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6fhihhvupa4a9cfcsrpev57qo/jifemomolowometinegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/7938783066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d05ec4e2---8217016124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dd9cf3aeb---2166719428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/834dd624960a55e3e97707a254827c13/91164159517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4e4f3e77b---wijakasugigonoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f67edeb743---88368505005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075959f75583---tovenijanagomeroxajanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d602752738981bde7a0e2bec0500f8/tuguwewewowidokovuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608272d562164---70438947496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoilersmensgolfclub.com/clients/865201/File/10849516021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/54344057847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/karuwejozibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3ce43ba69---jidokurafinonevikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64a09e798ce8f0a72665f4a0e9684af7/38440272200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cnc+programming+handbook+peter+smid+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ddfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFE 5552 bytes
SHA-256: 9112250125a66d6c53c699d64cded096a50da08a9af5ca32dfe840adaa9616fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A3 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 83b1cc952fb727e6cacc06684d77f212413504ad4c52574dadb38a42e61c21cb
font_02_sfnt_off0001165d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165D 4324 bytes
SHA-256: ff5f0ef16caf3e97cd1984b3a03ea88e11eab8cf63d2ee006085a4b9995833f3