Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe6189369071c2ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c15395ea444e33abc1bd361e0e1a2e0e SHA-1: 704000b6d508097944df53dfa8614ee768abb28b SHA-256: fe6189369071c2acff9fa3fffc886239cb48df5ef02c04ea9acd8e86d8a187a0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including multiple heuristic firings related to external URL links and a high ML classifier score. The embedded URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a distribution mechanism for malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the ClamAV detection indicate a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=magayon+meaning+in+bicol PDF link annotation
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/zobakagirusikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d470f5b37310f31a9d909007a26f116/77498370584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56895679749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc578a6ad3c---32772530341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f5a4baf4661a3762e35026cac53c6dc/25355845003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71954e51ddeead89b9794f1625a8b7f7/fitofawazaxino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcfq6odbucoi4r2sc0nm39pao0/tojukipakijoxiwodopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0733a466559307d5e16478b44d305351/13836023073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithighschool1958.com/clients/71652/File/kuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g1107h6qudp0do1754om363g5/lilunawaloraremodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kixigimulebema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media//81107681658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/rapizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/93396946981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50gmd71ua8585ijk7epa7rp24/jilidozibuxikomimibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/10957266140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf04f440751391f731a3bca638503cf0/60629990675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/lagufepozonumulunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/wenojegugedirotopavivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb89efc93aec065b281a895688b97bc/junowezafanasujilowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64c25d9a933565b5f08db00bc75bb0d9/pujixunetamijesafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c93081e4d8---72239836282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210621101735_av6hyd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odtqgmh8o7qs79bmquq9k12nd8/wukakudevawamunurepavo.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_off0000eaa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA7 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 04b4f652c11a3937333212f8d247b9a513631a45e8371670c41e53fe9a05c4fa
font_01_sfnt_off000117d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FED 10456 bytes
SHA-256: e4b772fa5e6d97fc9d7d644fa91d358bca52d222e1179faeac3c326a74ea5670