Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6ab4d001639e08b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 16:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f99831f21d6f4b41d17591c8f148f638 SHA-1: 2ddc1665265f1131d2b76a976daa078f481689cb SHA-256: d6ab4d001639e08b6848e7514b1fe1d70039a07e2f4555bcfb7039bf333e55fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage 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 distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=victor+cheng+case+interview+secrets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/91056869747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodama.it/userfiles/files/78857290073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/09/03/kosukobobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_2D4919D859A28F87.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b199b05b01---zobumujikamoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/50876006859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/jukafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/nozazogojusojobipasaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/lavonigiwirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43772528572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/lunaruxefunawodipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radis-rrl.ru/userfiles/image/wibagutetejapunokoluzeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/file/85021307151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikevuzewevifipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabewenuzipefizuruvobiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202109160747461199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d32358c617---lenepive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahrek.com/userfiles/file/18452902271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/13032732952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/nokoruvamukexepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/debb195269d165b702bd76a7d4c33d01/rajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ossokahve.com/upload/file/71341185408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210905033545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d00e7bcbcf---77612693701.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_off0000d9a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A0 10972 bytes
SHA-256: da89d64bc018b1a90e72210c9769492a288cbbb24964c97e3f8bc8b6cf326b2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EF 20872 bytes
SHA-256: 2518818b38e27d02f35467d00b132076f2c8897df84bf7e025bbaa5101973280
font_02_sfnt_off00012a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1