Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f6451c4866198e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:47:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6606ad88294b45ca08b5d05d995454f5 SHA-1: 7906716a5897920e2558bb9e8c4c3c8b97c6d965 SHA-256: 2f6451c4866198e6f5f738573de043fafd0138a792e91e5be38fab1268d13abc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to potentially malicious content, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b32fb9c67---36649465408.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74441932b4d98e20df90a58571ca85ec/zodomaxuwozuwomenineto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b9da1200477afec815e6e294370e3be/kujiwevuzenofesisumerixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/7557478372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/42693710459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cb6873be1---87098960487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f61617a20---80208907405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72702a67cb425e578faa0f5ff14ebfb/nataxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608900f149cfe---lanevadupelopimumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/572ef820075c69b734a2df7487555804/pagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e54f30f52---lexidabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/79191606822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c459e7a02fd3e55c15937dcaebba4de/natixofubegirekowuwojamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b752ed90f04---gowititugemivemuwataseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bb21031b4---pididuwigevurobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8fb5811f3---77666525323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/82189024630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1a92ih1auqm9sfqc0mkk3h15t/pifinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f08ef6582d---filuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/zabutuxalukutubakefosegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/88799842180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a035f524635---1108109255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/zawarusubinemusukedixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49d7e4f5407a3236fda34faa66952241/982698833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf2dghvnbrvhonbbavgi1o4hn5/fubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=react+native+elements+button+background+colorPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000112e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E4 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_01_sfnt_off0001285b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1285B 11156 bytes
SHA-256: ac68d872466cb3b3e09454e9841ff4d94453f7cfedb352b9d83836c192be7449
font_02_sfnt_off0001423e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1423E 25328 bytes
SHA-256: cf32a1379f74ebd70b73e26a8bfd8f9c1fcd3aa3a2ef977e05dc4634b1c8b5d7
font_03_sfnt_off00017a6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1