Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6e1e10523455bfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 23:24:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f4167695d2fe68219136dcd82388a512 SHA-1: 868a52dae167707804b5e6819c5440c802df6b75 SHA-256: c6e1e10523455bfc7bb11f44bd672ce08a9bf350ec55a141c57fb81a1f937774
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF documents hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or engaging in phishing. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to leverage existing infrastructure for malicious distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/zikosa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/legajolexisovajirojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chogmai.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilolerofapedovonazodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5750e27ad5---83875626556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/85072768869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/801270f41fb5dc362391e7ffbe080029/definuwebutuxudirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/61983651633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/30295615421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d1587892b---21590838971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f504fe0887061262dcc5bd506035ff48/44290175587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15a8bf23a47d388a29eaa306e1304afe/35124175081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60v3r754d34ehdb1t34cc1lpp6/11097353181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/modikibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/daronadusutemagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccd9d0fd76---xevonakapofigozazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/tusezitowafilukijariwejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c137feb1d76237f55f448a380794fe16/lupufisekixasefirogufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd49cabdf4c---bemodorevag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782f996db81---samubomojona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc628bd907---99280516565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjf5bi0sbbarir3e6dbga0mnf6/latugokupizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75aef01e5c---91579401916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de3a6408588---kagozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/86709097029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=four+letter+words+that+start+with+auPDF 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_off00011471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11471 15792 bytes
SHA-256: 04f5927f70c2dc9c9caf9639db4ae3c993d73f29faf172858c2abe524b615d6c
font_01_sfnt_off00013d04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D04 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 28161e9f86b93dcd50ddc7b9fe57a5694ec9ba340df546139ba96094f9d1913a
font_02_sfnt_off000154c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1