Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b6e96be828c5581…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 11:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: dd1687b88d9ee4ae4cb7dbc25bba52d6 SHA-1: 9b64de497536e5fb58541299362207847768650c SHA-256: 2b6e96be828c5581ed47a5dd29a3d5b98886c0dbbcbdb2cef6495d95f7697a3a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate it's likely part of a phishing campaign or a distribution vector for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8764

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c789e3660749b8c6b0bb5a244b236930/65303705133.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607726a72d5a6---72219579614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac000a9cc8---ramodatesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnmi57nvbglvn3h79svoi4io81/jotixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca26cbf7d---77513868617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210704090357712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/29041134065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/92857474602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210508093025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecd574c817---6727978184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/75410413926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1976.com/clients/0/08/080801f2a31a95d446b71e9836a5425d/File/bosaxeresunezixuvigajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca89c94e82d0d638bd4d32b385e024a8/xigekatizevesapabonetufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071236be25c6---87356869273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/94592208691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/43464387289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/130057018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/bidulekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d72a9cfe7d382b3722f3c7187722d80a/83170018423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/57298441380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2b992b3dd---83133811676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/voxuroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=tuck+planche+push+upPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000105a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011db7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB7 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 04389f9046e89d767c2dcd17c6b63b1e104d7c1146d605a1fa440f0cf92e84bd

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