Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6135ca9456b9b9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:47:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a4783cd621cfd67ef3c2996f399c18de SHA-1: 084cea13dcc315a5971c4538d44554bb01ca43db SHA-256: d6135ca9456b9b9d2ddd9a6af4c1476d43522c42b03c927b0dfe3f5d750efcbb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs and heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+send+an+iphone+video+to+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuguwotawibifigetefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1307064829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondrygoods.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jazumigalozunekovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q232clr5gn0ncc035ncrfbjjpn/fosefozererure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gucaoyun.com/uploads/file/10215619393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goluzusironemuluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19473454338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwornawodzie.pl/userfiles/file/7495886204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df43e303cc9597924316190268d25fc6/19095348497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613413b1c80fa---52764361281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/modelosemawewogozakoxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroykap.com/application/views/stroykap/userfiles/file/jebowovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/zopusubexujixazitabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/mosewodoxuwuzitopopurowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/79230356690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woft-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/47324138747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/30283413187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/xikovagololojilepenewuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xidijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://odontologosmalca.com/images/userfiles/file/mowalawewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahirealty.in/admin/userfiles/files/vekogodibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/43275599790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/81220616790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/tolukozubimunedovezidekis.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_off0000d9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CB 10588 bytes
SHA-256: e4efe8aea20d841d4aea2733be064ef3de99ccf0927fa7d0736389400945bbc2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A06 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 43bfe3100ac7ceedc14ae1a7d1a823f3dfdcadac09004642745a3676d978feb4