Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fe6900da111bbc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 17:54:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 64a43cc5ed33a7e73463651e7f80ccb5 SHA-1: 110f8a2b3afc847ff1438ac14f3300cbc298f5fa SHA-256: 0fe6900da111bbc8dafa69c3f6da56318d707a1059586a518ccfd1c25936d09f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+become+a+forensic+medical+examiner PDF link annotation
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15290325069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/37949326164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/77638961389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01a31a22f1---33660551029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aldd6tpepff0cjvq7faep6l1be/25863006719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cfe024ebe784a66529e0f89f97db62e/80178039097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/zipusifipiradavugejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080601483a76---67950944654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/pekejopasofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a45c7db9a16e275ad982a0927c1b7a/73507161875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/21707501224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e20ea55ede69cc0d1125964942c008/98909528205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec07b03f29af1b28183d7ee5cb6a9a3/59425184510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efa3d2a502---25317137324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebb7284eee2e2734abff7c44a00a62c/89701737695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-go.org/files/99938599102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c778126100---21459746103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/wejaxomemuxoxasakorajizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e233edd767---90139277448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081966f8e596---46819383600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63c3a611f4d2aea34b0c539d11bddc1/6393552715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096844c1e0ab---rixajagajobarebovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/976cc7e81c62b48ddcfca209f050336e/23347260878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c365c321c38---pepiduviwejoxo.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_off0000ec30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC30 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 95246bccb812e2a84f76faa7785735d00554f3c39a874825cc071fa005302230
font_01_sfnt_off000105f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F2 17024 bytes
SHA-256: e2b8da4fc2f537f3cb188c56e5a4b0920e3d92db9bf2ce1f7a4be1cca2d40249
font_02_sfnt_off0001325b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1