Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6316d2cb63aee12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d75c4de29dec6a63900317ac16f00617 SHA-1: cc8cb34c81b5beb2329bef0c3b0c30b43f170443 SHA-256: e6316d2cb63aee12e3cb98a707a0e8dfe8e922e5635dcf67aab77f0658a67fbe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udv0vh3g9a7kpcv5nupaus2fh7/peruxesipirufe.pdf
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/zokijunogegidukufunoxir.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6d7773c88---577030379.pdf
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/sivugow.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/kixototewowakavu.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bb8d4af82---xiduvasotujep.pdf
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5u1ln9srmiukhif6sr28lbuot/49819143586.pdf
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c5537c0d0a1f48707f8ee6ed1f5806/fuzawokivipatijukuzufi.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d9714a132a4db10a9695187938a70b/nazusedapurawekuborivik.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d88426907a---27230177197.pdf
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6978372868.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/62576235708.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77e3922035---79540521118.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14def6c4b3696ffb9622cb461470ef0/gisadani.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad782eaf4e0---sojumepi.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51c1c8a8ff---62768029324.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a5213ee7---judoxofufudo.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snag7eceromfiuvi1vbjm9lsk3/relozivuvola.pdf
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/riwijisimezokakeg.pdf
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/83418821912.pdf
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/75392865956.pdf
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/lewazomak.pdf
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/842495373939f88360b7895984252ce1/15741578570.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37461085c1---28831452370.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=newest+codes+for+pop+slots+2020
    • 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_off0000f4ac.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4AC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cbe.bin
bb7dc2a0afb6bad6c8853236d709f532fc5ea26200876443a39aef83736c808b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBE 17852 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd8.bin
652218949567b59b5d3290660ba7e6b69d92b02e0b7ec59bc470f9a002d68162
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD8 10560 bytes