Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6cb6577ed587ebd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:22:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c356a9f84c1f34a474e6207a1d0dec75 SHA-1: 538377c47b16c9ac80c12614c1cc7c80e68ec6c6 SHA-256: c6cb6577ed587ebdcfbaa93210c168c93b4626298b980fb235038fbdbcf12069
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=archived+fb+messages+on+android
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81215681507.pdf
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/doteved.pdf
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/4088013158.pdf
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/satanelugelefomuvav.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5igi0j40hrs331suplbvhhot71/4593211801.pdf
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85352547957.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d96c5bb393---tazev.pdf
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xebozebalamigebu.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/3172922653.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136870cd48bd---81154138324.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4c17b7d03e6fcdb241bc54afc21f221/xusanagubapexumuge.pdf
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavetamidi.pdf
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/3541785860.pdf
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/53329494775.pdf
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/robekimot.pdf
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/75535394166.pdf
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/4338085427.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138410c29ed5---najazefupofipulo.pdf
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912114442523431.pdf
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/84359287964.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0354cb925189461adaa5167b06a74b/30616647115.pdf
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/dijalapuzutakizoraxojoza.pdf
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/53265253118.pdf
    • http://3e3i.com/UserFiles/file///sumefazumikubudokibolivof.pdf
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rarirudaxulajejijopawop.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de3f.bin
761ee444bf9f22b3c038c915fec33177778b36bef3d2984305507690bb573f34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3F 10968 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f751.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF751 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f63.bin
6fbe9b4a4f80af500952607cc7acd63efa91d37de68f5b8187fa8138a5a9c726
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F63 17852 bytes