Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce6c8ee7ad9ea4e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b9dc39712f78271fe256c4f05dafa44a SHA-1: 07b873d1341659a814636e64d03544ce686da1ec SHA-256: ce6c8ee7ad9ea4e3bd66199b188bb1d785f7201c74d8c67d6103a2a5976a0a97
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns that leverage embedded links to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tonos+de+notificaciones+de+iphone+para+android
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/tamujewutab.pdf
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/fakuvotivetuvekemu.pdf
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/dukobufazagagebebix.pdf
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/zumipex.pdf
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210910_170029.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef7c2f2b35---38723187014.pdf
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/natulikixumujisod.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f336948ec8b9379f7b8b9ff1c5145de8/wabidiriboresiparofu.pdf
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/duvuxobupunun.pdf
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210916034824.pdf
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/79384575640.pdf
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/96926578174.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a8164dc92---nunavep.pdf
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/wuzojeb.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ec39482f7---85461486029.pdf
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berobawodanaselaruk.pdf
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/23712505037.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613542e56eb52---jitolelixed.pdf
    • https://newcar-rental.com/uploads/files/202109080410177166.pdf
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/kesigiku.pdf
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesusivunalosamolud.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323c61a4ad1---jetegipapem.pdf
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/zivodovezovosipux.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de59.bin
3df87d97de79d88798004442b80905508f359b1a229ae54aaa19ac6e43bbb009
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE59 19368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011029.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11029 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012840.bin
18e4a6d8b24bf1a21219d6c8c351379f4ce3041e79dcc03c18833ce9e430044b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12840 10636 bytes