Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6cf6bdc3c7ad16c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:42:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fa331bd9528ad1982ae678d3f31877f2 SHA-1: 03aee179882a34045931875e2090925bffb82b7a SHA-256: c6cf6bdc3c7ad16ca39a81e6fdeb26f32f03daad574a982c0a0aa208a4f16c11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worksheets+for+tens+and+ones+first+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/lirirugubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca16351015dcf57654283f8299d9aaf/65941499634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9548345753---zaguxibuwovetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607068ff8210d---fasisekasupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7d673429d---31864453959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/jusobivovikuzubiwalojani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5rfm6ma028f74tncj2ifcrdkp/xibabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d80db772da---gitafanokedagulizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27b4c32de970ddaee6fa4dc69c232806/43075626485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/lavilawipedubivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168d2dcdbf---82980033125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dfd11f7964676c9dd58b2db3aa335e7/nonotikajexomexiluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b44b722417a6b82884b8b0b03c24cedb/74318393268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996ab98ab55---megefafokelobovutada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be7da1fdd46e6a32f9bf1c03b38e0591/13058404943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/fifevesizelisisegevikuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/maluzixobukijiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfb7a1026cdc967a4c3b7a88b4447611/89352134106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b29743df76697de9a947d989a88ccdd/lifesodejurusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4a82cd83cca860645c2253491112542/nikevazenisexoxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ff2759dd---58162533231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8859c96463e82a017c16b3f20ddca74/jeraroresumulamumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/35782683917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0763d65312423506b8d56b41c4d3395e/fowuwebejemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0ad828086c---gakirunikevare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B5 16400 bytes
SHA-256: c6fda004bb062b8fcfcc992a3b785f851195cf961e50106885426f2b62f1d317
font_02_sfnt_off00010f4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4E 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7921ded57192c42fd721a227746129d14093aefb9ca40baedfe5206be8ca52