Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcd6fb9f68fc6774…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 22a8c61dbcd643454c79086497ebb3b5 SHA-1: 69789b5501dc0ffed212b29aa86bad1648deb19c SHA-256: dcd6fb9f68fc677426231875e1a3f3cb9cf5e6287e82872e82f7eb7fd2a911be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further exploitation.

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+firestick+remote+app PDF link annotation
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarativigepapazojadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/kuxadifoxaxixikisiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/91190278891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/96174362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents/files/sibevovikexefode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/malatezogujabuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/70987952137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/29560638622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/dujapupagorifidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/perizuvemakalovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/rozamexonifufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec6d75758c---17287338132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/levawojaritowirowelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperadora.grupocreartel.com/documentos/archivos/21512248111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-ultratech.com/files/xasukosepakopejamudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/11449075699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/xosigidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmrvut7ou203504b7d810g94no/mepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/rawalusorepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/33630428447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowopezejaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92243651511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91456236171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e5569b062---76516968202.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_off0000d8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DA 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 8f00f134c6983c2136b4b0938a7c34f7e7128be50359836b28d7df9e56584c36
font_02_sfnt_off000109be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BE 18364 bytes
SHA-256: 28b20bb0d1f8d2b19ebff39f5dc0f90342b7d7c16efa7139c78ffda5cfdac044

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