Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6ec9ca470d902b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 14:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 14716af99c142a23107a96cc09c69132 SHA-1: 98c6379b0f9a8222f30da913128d89a4c916fc2c SHA-256: c6ec9ca470d902b4761eb010bc0241ca5fb3d6a75df3fee0ec6805f1c1c9b245
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rs+aggarwal+solutions+9 PDF link annotation
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4b779e5c9882dc914743598cc06492/5872576413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/rawupumokoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e68357206---19020398933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cda25fd487a---19975625032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bubitupufojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/66341842912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfb2be13c3---ritosijokotidaxitirivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/92313289190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf24487f8ef4d5b5c2b1291d15ae5c2f/sawebasekawowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1fd97eee4a1aa1f334eae1cc70e97b3/vinigifotovezezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1b9d37fb2bd680f91cf25dfa07450b3/kokamukejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ba8396b2d4e---wobomadogiwutebigax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/62967105319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ecfc09812---boxiwefogolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b8f67677c---38441240073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/77600184415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a20fe98df8092d8e75206b60a8f3221/8511654778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607666f04dde5---4720797548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/tifefofuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae71aa9724---29775384324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edff13b43b013c88726b5e5a11591f8b/jujubelumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec4c114d97---45081699321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917fd15e594---fazefubadokanidadagufone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c69c6c6ed5---85683381342.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_off0000fcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF1 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 0a66b8de0d6115fcedb09e5529663780f889ab99403426bcdfc4045066b009ef
font_01_sfnt_off00012a67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A67 10548 bytes
SHA-256: f034587dcd2bb649c5e0e0a1dbca050193891f3380dc50a923e6b6f5b1b5ee4e
font_02_sfnt_off000142a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1