Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6c50505ad99c66e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:13:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96c258cd5629186ed373a17020b630d3 SHA-1: 3a849166882ca55e73e4dade5c5d34fa14a40b5b SHA-256: e6c50505ad99c66e3cc2ccd69bfa1367cfe674483a2b6e93ed1377ef0685f27d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external resources, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/97117000106.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051001130573499.pdf
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/11149607723.pdf
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/kometurojo.pdf
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751d9106b4136db075414cc8ebbcbbc4/49216340603.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0372750b6e---zekopimitobo.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc51c7f06a38cf1080f0390b3b40cec/11791003728.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/bowupetakovapaperajas.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609947909860b---safisexigopuvulerob.pdf
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/14408045921.pdf
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f91264fa58d598bc19783c5969061f/judoborijewud.pdf
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/57824722084.pdf
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/89025332661.pdf
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/sesox.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37be1e383408579a88053b9e0910e20d/20036124307.pdf
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a198fd19f984b1b90ee9c6668588a0d/fukud.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b00d0be31---gapojitepevokobotaxan.pdf
    • http://coinmarketsuite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinebipina.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756d3c1607b---bejasazugirivul.pdf
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1m8sb584uu7kop2uogq14oqi0/64981488651.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4jbs4cublm74beg6hs18cpsgu/jetejiwedaxegewasufunixor.pdf
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/gorexotasomizipow.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npccmnoqbuq3c8akjosqqpn427/nulixupobuzokamel.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bc50959cb38770372e15fbc50e0ddc/pitinogibesowinolapepuli.pdf
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/kunagademasepugave.pdf
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/56769924007.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=recipes+how+to+make+potions+in+minecraft
    • 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_off000109fc.bin
316e07a3cd30c1f94a135cd380b1860b085e8c4b555d3e0905bd5c84fa3ec712
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FC 17476 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000137f9.bin
329c593ff71e52ca01c672675f485f7a57e0b669c52230b9e587e3068dfa8887
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F9 10924 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015130.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15130 16792 bytes