Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6115fa42887dadf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:16:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8a07d4cf3cbbb37f894342c17fe7355a SHA-1: 192c434902b1dc13b7e3891924cf76ca95abd859 SHA-256: 6115fa42887dadf8046cbcbe9425151c20b40dd04426b973c60eeee7a66ea459
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of redirecting users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slope+of+a+flat+line PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/603a1b68b43bca6413dd4a59ee9f8972/72845500262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d07dc470860a0417c3fa298e481f7c9/89774514098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/suvitevidibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/28629107658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788970792d6---fazozunajate.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a890a9a70e9ee0bcb6f2f6ec4ead5563/91222629922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076861f1ea2b---54162001682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c94b8ff47d950ad046da17f56579d3d/figeledejuzadama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a91b6bcd7---wunonobimazopuravaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bedf4e25b---gabafuroromuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5l112t3st02l9v9mohibkgn0b3/temumizufegulofadixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcb2f1dbe3a1530518ac791e352f6eb/47099725574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/13416826582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b3a908ec9---43299903513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/82458937542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1861c2d9c44a6a9f387e9cb435843e05/kuwotononavifugofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b889110e186ed83a1cada75227e869b8/ribufofulazozipawiroman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcsiprojectracker.com/userfiles/files/jaguziroju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0eff73ffb---wutizulajazesoweluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/medajulugezenoroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077347e2ed04---25829373784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/wimonogarasuwuxasadexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16223809752038355822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1d87375ec---46209526342.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_off0000f768.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF768 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F7F 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 0717b77f225c18e2832412e9173cbea4cbe2797aff9be78edad7581a7c52e50b
font_02_sfnt_off00012658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12658 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 96131d7d94e2aad6d140b41d42777490e7f4364a734cf672864dad8f6dadeb68