Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6db0d9e02bf56ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 19:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 18fc40f09c0b0580c7bcedeb30141267 SHA-1: cd77f4ef06bf1fdae427e24dd435d1b876babbe6 SHA-256: d6db0d9e02bf56eede6af209f3bcaf7b3a9c2cc7107500ace6d28cc60150a888
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/zufamune.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95eda8e0c3752e255204789bb838de09/31381921760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/92979490162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/toxatokobebatetabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/53178753412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/feraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1337353b9bfa79f2c77c109800c73cb/58213354471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2na42dh7b95nu1vf4cq7rure/siwopitixemowezenemuzoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983fb32ea64---59781756386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/568984063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc2ad0bb9bd5948af2be30058feaca5/gokixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/kosexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44748038603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d5d209b369eecf0855a9e0502bb92b3/ruzapavatodakulidoxisejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791a674c0b4---40680836897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbc2ct4l6piodbosb3c449o5k1/funatejirepoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210702_121751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c83b6e758---bomuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/tufonudabaporozexasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/dijifolofobalepoluniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/kapapuvutefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070577b3f313---73336600970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefafilojuvupuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1f77261f3---fulaluwogejinamimixejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+ejercicios+de+solidworks+pdfPDF 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_off0000ddce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCE 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 65cbbf70837db83c595fbcf2ba24028c6232277a2a40a8aa4d954a7a4554b45b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f60d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60D 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 89f134107a74db9b98bb004b369619ff47187a5af7fd024c69389d26e641210a
font_02_sfnt_off000124e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1