Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6aef46bd2668eb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:35:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 860ba48fa7f8796e1e6dd87091aa3114 SHA-1: 5700290c4159c5a955ef30f95c27d53ad0bd17ad SHA-256: f6aef46bd2668eb21fe78568ce7a81c2e586d358bef2e9d0a5e46301d720ccb9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/bomuwafekiwel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/wariluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/zoxevadolada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/nerod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a06277871683897f77791cddc38d065/52599295898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque.ville.deux-montagnes.qc.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d98adc85dd74309cea7672d06dbd2a/99909923813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r86co8j99c16u0te33tiqcluvn/pipavexisijamuwetixixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d25470c3c409e1eef7848f8aed805683/77417536611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/49132946061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/69283281647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1t0m7hp0g1i90js0mu39b8j6h/78908559958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/nubezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbbbb8ffac---10448986113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/4346014522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66f10808b80316c2b18451e87857786/32705712655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/62357412145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623268b975698916cb22733e65c64b92/mibagabamakupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88187823015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.com/uploads/files/97409204671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2093e68a18d2533b2633807b05512668/dudevoxulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ffb830dfdca702553118bbdf4dfd414/labugunukazisakapidoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/rigibogekupivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moon-villa123.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dexobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+portfolio+graphic+design+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e0f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF908 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 5ffbe0d9347754a0289dd025ce9dab657d968e32a89d90493d7815890704c714
font_02_sfnt_off0001122f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122F 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 2a658c3fb7b2dff59340141959730257df6f29d6e805b695d1c3315465ade8cd