Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6192f990a1775c03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:53:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 803480a6a56196fa89b8dccd5f9a1d7e SHA-1: 8b54772c591f7a4c459085c99fa6c327a13373ec SHA-256: 6192f990a1775c03d8e03d11617a0263462cb26cc82a65cdcf90cb0ff74f7754
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests a link farm designed to host and distribute further malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3fa89f8d54709bcfd3644aa212d44b1/mugusunifudo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a95bfad8281d014f9a389c64d59cc94d/57014532220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0d6fc5300---ritevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608011aa9a2e1---xurozivoxogigofopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50400b72a3c0ba8104b309a2746e8971/49013741791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/0a1b85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d57fc2751b---zajuxepadefoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/93059966537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepaxofavuvojete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oico0msit4kimoamugjn6iqjk1/vogimafunefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/20709300492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116d991655fb---71534101519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou3lr14djh7nin8e36mnuro9t5/faguxobejeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easy-sleep24.de/shop/images/editorfiles/file/81901878092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/jutapano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/sizadifinokozakobesokizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/zonesinogaronelolawap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepalaminig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianenricofabro.com/userfiles/files/86207478447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulasekajilupozofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgqvpeiulrd0orbj171b2t45h0/80274736812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/84679410975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1b038d5a9cceaa727d5cf1d6218ddc/tikokaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23957096475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59841510867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/bofudavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=relative+clauses+grammar+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC6 10952 bytes
SHA-256: dbc0629b6ca045ca10aaf8088da5112092c12bb295be13a09e0d8e86f772b464
font_01_sfnt_off0000e601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE13 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 6ade8c9ce24befd2ba6704ce817e501c7a3909c963bb36d0657e4fed63c438d2