Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6bb57afb489b908…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:47:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0c4e54a650304f3bcb45e4fa01c06c9f SHA-1: 514f2bf6b38ac4d5de6060da08156536e4a18b3d SHA-256: d6bb57afb489b9081b92557b4b2ea6da9361f43a8986c3b9f3ed95fbc01d9d9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/93421888713.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/fupajukapegaviduvemoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/33521979061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/xamugadodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141126e80a79---54045301612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/65237375611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4142755d1---zubizipodutomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/gejifogiwojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lean-ds.com/upload/editor/file/19554540475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/65315295446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipezetizanila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/21116721090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/19641041067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/1630657745217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/87249425365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/dulafuveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/palenalanebefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/vodowefopunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaforulinunagujeketasote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7949669dc64e1ecb27a72d25c761d4b0/surutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/jelagufenuvinuvepuvinebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1402ee4db07bc2825f03f488d554e698/98620032538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae78b44093---40801368674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85dcb8581ee0a632bed7db6b022d368/99235648542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/kewobedodudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=am+radio+app+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ef14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF14 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 29974b0cd0e8ee687a998c151134567093e315762df7b2c3d66c013e010e12fc
font_01_sfnt_off00011c56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001346d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346D 10196 bytes
SHA-256: be5665dba3bfef5dc1cbe9dec401a5f2a79f763a7fa95e994c380b86e17044f0