Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c8b29b5c21284f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:33:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d7367bc0c8b09be76a8382624e5010bf SHA-1: b5c8d0ba8198a6227a41f6ee79cf95e694d4b514 SHA-256: c6c8b29b5c21284f9c556528c770574f66ecbf67274f3bb34bb20355f38752dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Some of these links point to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a potential distribution point for malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/jimagejas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/53326221453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1c60af04514fee9e9e70ba7c7e30274/lilokalujamipibimenuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/48050829413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armandofalconi.net/userfiles/file/43606754428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugixojemoveligunevegufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463be77f3a---2879998178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0d67b3834---tezimamalokinozabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3bd0d118b37b3f2bf3e0618c26aed1/82419222435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd318ac74d5---8179830618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efn86oarvgc0n3enl6kkotghhn/47203334188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/55739668689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc9613e639---76189383822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6fcdcde8c147869a6c46cfea0aced58/23446320491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/94379213430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5df6b3f2910368d1e5db73c282774625/30298585692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lasapunitaxivemiforonugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50c21d2443---85580594712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/mibolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5cc976b8ce443907564a7e9bedbe7ae/1298236968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a153ff2ed3---bumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///67169582842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=hadith+of+the+day+in+englishPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0001216a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1216A 25968 bytes
SHA-256: 7d8bd964bc1add01e2c166b56d1173be08d739af2a8c58f10028fc3e63a07aa0
font_00_sfnt_off0000f123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF123 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 9b6f9be77e87a0c7ad1a4a730cafae9f4d173fd1a32e88694777380b9966f2f7
font_02_sfnt_off00014ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000166e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166E4 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 3b89015c2fdefed67c0a2ec6f9cf390d0d7b3ba127db6ce4cd97f377fc18ffa9