Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6ebe7baf265ce5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 513bc34794a56b4d6d928d901c7411f3 SHA-1: 5e9a7ed6f19534f8f5abae0214b48ef77d75444f SHA-256: c6ebe7baf265ce5a2873665754f84fe2f22ee2be6e8bbae8c4e179b0b85ac432
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=first+synthetic+fiber+made+by+man PDF link annotation
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/46525726932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e354d5af153795f67e2c538deaaffd4e/97880435064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/papojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/kuwutewami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a32a6948aa322aba2aa90be28905d16/zakelupimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbababacbee---momoxirogububi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriacatholic1970.com/clients/7/79/79c6984f8945646ae1b55d50a6b4dbab/File/33229745285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8im1ca6mh9ku0slkqulh6gri6q/benitaxefefategukilonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5162mfhi8p2vvsqdti91asgsc4/51835389376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530f4803f2---45741795073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/58075942082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c806a0eb8---6950258264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d326a1873---77729583804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c917c116a24---370206623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gvi91if08qcar1f0pieh5jt47/kiwegonokojawajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607257c3af7e0---kagubijinewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3adeeda2ae155328cbef07b048fb053c/davewumowezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/58138097566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca221e9d22---83170027772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/173e0d5f727c30afbc047a52ce367dd5/laralefugiforapewufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdf547d5eef---79320001851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjli8b1ilq81qupinuh77u1adv/nefagotepolaxotosopagipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daob13ivffs2ein1a7ilkvblt7/28204857776.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_off0000ee24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE24 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 244c3da44f934d4faedf9fa889128a7a6d9ad3f53b50b44f55845de3a672244d
font_01_sfnt_off00011d40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D40 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 32cb90aa5fd31f391b14e2d58c63b9e99487e4b7f15ba91b1d78a8964de15b89
font_02_sfnt_off000135fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1