Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df6f0ab0be22fe37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-28 11:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a681fcc2e3e13bda827350863104067f SHA-1: cc6769a5855f0364b11e3fc5b8b1304285b7861d SHA-256: df6f0ab0be22fe3799936c64091e25b851a46c1cc3aa2c14421b1a6a035b2bb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=display+size+of+galaxy+note+20 PDF link annotation
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/88174166184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/95922854699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cudicio.it/images/file/diginugowenizilokomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65359404617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9621070ab---pijabufuditirodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1631994343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/45156135593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/89096762494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eniedu.com/data/file/20210913023133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selalekowonevixazutexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52207188297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truck-transport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givimerinutikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/42551152354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/6138eb730a942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/17954786334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/venijerofosaderex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellenia3.eu/userfiles/files/45873829335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/77756945290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/92081282353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nodv65nobban5887g5p9bvo8om/8191572852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445cdc81541---xulazopusinelufojuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htbestcomputer.com/media/ftp/file/9209882268.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_off0000b167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB167 10952 bytes
SHA-256: efb208bd68cc72befdd1938d5c6599c49227d8779397490cec5654f3b61d86d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB14 15860 bytes
SHA-256: 9226f4e814c77058f33ce035e9cc50aa83481d9a62ec5e2140bb44d0c6eab784
font_02_sfnt_off0000f394.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF394 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1