Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6e5209aa72e474f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:54:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0a870c15ba3584b1b69a06213f2ee6bf SHA-1: 838fe957746630a7a623734c95d76a36f1ad6de0 SHA-256: c6e5209aa72e474f26e3e07779282eb37bdca6c62034d0dcd22f886c2f4b8077
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, with several heuristics indicating these are part of a link farm on compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/xovab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/fiwalejapevebozasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemonbg.com/Files/File/97343966495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6d102c9fb---palujota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71216d2ef8c9f2ba414ea1e5195f96fa/20022391300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021082206270173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/tuzusilalefidagodesederob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55ff02606a---58569725671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/bijepusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff2a1e3430---tuxaditatogedimabamena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/49002308599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90e454cbd88a00bbd5e8e1a6dc25f1e2/7461884254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/47286990949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5397da6e3---98581914137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608015aecfe4f---zasapukuxofatoralivinali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqseba36k1arh62rbe34c50nlm/gifuzidetekekubepevowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202108file/2021081920495070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8eb264bc3a5c60c2d04aa557ab37bf/85033236234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19282082379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/68919263684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3d75873d2---88490067843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=world+war+2+full+history+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://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_off0000c191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC191 10772 bytes
SHA-256: b19bee59ded66112020366af3c518b6b934589c8621a33c9408ce129150a6cbf
font_01_sfnt_off0000da9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9D 16900 bytes
SHA-256: b3ac09c0951cb4d172648098a3675d1be52022e7154cf126ea4706fd5ddef577
font_02_sfnt_off000106af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1