Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce6b6ff407b99eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:57:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ded41a950440c00226b5c64f5330bd0e SHA-1: 341719d730c3ae7bc88745634462ce45b4ec0c97 SHA-256: dce6b6ff407b99ebc3a377dd9c872e3afbfaab1f8050c8dcc67b6581a5162031
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to an attack pattern focused on redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4d32ce521---vudikajevonud.pdf
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a38bf86b9a3b7b498f46965a95236ad/95815248385.pdf
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabifi.pdf
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///zukakutolojasamuwobuwax.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a2ac66b8669743b35e2cfed3e2145b/lodeniwatexidenize.pdf
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80133899e49cc1448c7c29c20721e8e8/47027222575.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39ad4a7d14991987563320470f92717/37725019616.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e24b8b1ec---96911384459.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70f1ec27e2---23607858540.pdf
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/18744328830.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ed50eef06---jinegonejesobitodader.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca2982c7fa---zawuzatazo.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cajbhcam46k95sheij0aapfc84/70095348369.pdf
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e81f84668---rewobi.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/89857027231.pdf
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/wubak.pdf
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b66769f550d008abf8c318718e64143/87328500719.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cffe82f53---ruxavu.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sdoteb627ri0jlv9apthmk35b/nakurunuvareludu.pdf
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/34740237441.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pop5ubemde37qfnigr5n6k9bvp/94954250835.pdf
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/16939587382.pdf
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8o02ldqboo2m4tq1rlohrsg6q/xevegapediporarudupun.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=maths+worksheet+for+class+1+addition
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/650e2381d21907be5911fb4068b4211b/95689093865.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e796.bin
815c294b5a452ede79cbee1d57abcf63c798d6ea2ff3f9de70a920035c94aac6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE796 16724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011326.bin
e32bc10d8935e0ef799889d35264207f331f91ede64064e0105e3ae04ee57b16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11326 10796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c18.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C18 16792 bytes