Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5c6e6fc95bf3e59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 14:42:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1e4f4dbd7f72002c9d441e3a5e592a33 SHA-1: 6b415cb0de604f5a214f751bc87a14e5289bb883 SHA-256: d5c6e6fc95bf3e5945a5353d27c0b7a208533bd16c8026b64a262f7c42c8cf2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or domains associated with link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inch+to+square+feet PDF link annotation
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/jofurumezozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210620091821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/nepuzefigomugabakiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4bfa805d41f526fa2143f0bf1caa2ae/17354658131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/zomodilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ab3f9abd4---43649519950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3edc58d0---tazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-zahnarztpraxis.de/upload/files/jijewumivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supporttmes.com/clients/2/26/2647aeee05d38019bb2ff7af4ee9f9d5/File/23944440645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf1fb919bec94325fc280991c78d583/91861108457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9m82bggdsgep8r2u4ak8uh4bu/merixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfea4485ef---50061096209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samyenngochoang.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngjthjs6b47fbgeai0jhqif7ma/59459904474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/476549518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec22c977fa935236796373a774cb9e4/geromovotiruberozozapife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c828897da---notejoresafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/xowukekizegemujesagago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/jujemavubogodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/84169593683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55b077b955---xikenedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zewifekagavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d85f615bd8ba23757f8fa7113d512e02/bugitanagolufixonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/nazataduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3865e7f0029831811e2d878e3e06b5e7/75856226712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d371130e57---bodaxumefobenazufatulesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/29311833242.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_off0000ebc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC5 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 68c38c58c85b4a04644d9ebb3067b5aff3cda69767fa99add4176a8aa17d265e
font_01_sfnt_off00011777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11777 10492 bytes
SHA-256: e618e4168e0b93f8f1864f47948d4c279fa294ae5039fa742cfce835b4b6bbf7
font_02_sfnt_off00012f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1