Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc6928126689c23c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:46:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9ee4aa33a8386cf52014d851b3a56249 SHA-1: f1e5f5eb622e99f2212db2da212cea624eff4ec8 SHA-256: fc6928126689c23cb209921e55270381ce1b702ca4153f08f4e8a104b82be6c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests the document's purpose is to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials via these linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/69253528089.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd27bfea65b---lovapudojebatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4e29d271204b6d9b11fcedf66eff511/gelutefuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4638853ab---9427965617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanouklid.cz/upload/file/dutimegaxidewozujanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24728331345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a94c6276d4e0653727f60ed232d2048e/6452143705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/54939519493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c725e7979e42082dd32530d4d7da0568/36117761316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/wujuwatujuxutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/72480857701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/737097725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/87885036855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af1b6f1ba2---64729865717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f2c5a1f491b3f67c62b5007eb6d1efa/5841160594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/2108250241501593536km9zh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/24315897721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69de64f761---62054704726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/67981510401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62e2dc9c6e5d6b7c32f9451b26aa8ab8/80561767022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a227fe69bce---14120029646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e1b74e9399cb05485f1e6c45f1645da/99353347230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/voxokomokuvosumabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vag6vnsk9b6tvr3s4g8il76ht4/kalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=second+grade+place+value+worksheets+2nd+gradePDF 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_off0000e61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2F 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 2314bb4c2e6d7ff72ec798e6b77d3af72a155d66f656ff6827609ca4b9971c30
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2D 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 04fb638a86f28a4c4f79b7cd8d9b918241ef478d9497fdc56af06b0e9498fad0