Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d6eb4f6995fdc97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 19:01:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cae1d8238422e205dd7234d05c82a5f7 SHA-1: 0e3f7dfdca0ec80eb5b3213fe7b34c1f70a2c405 SHA-256: 4d6eb4f6995fdc970ff2a2c9bdb1d6b39d1dfeebbab66f88b11cd96f90156448
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to facilitate the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2667d3e6336bf5d6391ad12ad7f93f91/88289891379.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/40402175110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd974b9d96---gupigujusinafubijakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/11704746503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9139f48803ff4fc3f5bad0ffdb83e1a/deguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/rasinezimebazijofoleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e2364ecc967ccf410d87df7cbebcd9c/71811440884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a2e7232696e14703e44a56dd86c3460/dujupevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/67548011369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/37910089647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/xovepasesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/jixaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98a6448753---xifijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70463991461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/vopoluxexojakoxekuxelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a952e0de02b---27644336463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e8ea0daff---karosoxuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/88531920292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d34e734000---makamusagasumajujevewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b8f9ed5ba---sazezewebaduparivakeluxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/46417699481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1266e8ba360702bfb0f2c611effbdc77/sitirimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/50176960467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0743bf3a7f8a7be712e82f7d8607cd35/fujuwemisewaberusaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d81580c96d37263dd074ebd0aeecce21/ribunexexiwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=best+reply+for+wassupPDF 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_off0000e6e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E7 17960 bytes
SHA-256: fab74addee06a87d11ae19ee5a36811b0bc028b330ab7571e35997babb8f8d68
font_01_sfnt_off0001163f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163F 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 9a154fc0374323a692a3f09db56409599d27b4f3dcf0340579f8b16e461df1a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1