Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6217f38f82e6d3a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 00:01:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 11aba2cfbd4ec3d57b1c87bff2d47066 SHA-1: 9d5e6f8550363890266947797cfa00a53aa0b883 SHA-256: 6217f38f82e6d3a0e8d57388d94ba87ccc801c0fc4ced472f4255ef779da6bb1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing lure or a secondary payload. The embedded URLs are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/38951176802.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ba7414556---51599628741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b3fa436b2---63069068691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11bebc7a672b34281e5519fe579a6826/zafepisutirajasujomupilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fcee25dec---46461476755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce7ef4e6c8---nabumujenifojosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/32730887017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47092121563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/makedakodukaniwodekori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/59837480678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5207912a27---girorezokaduzarolojani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860c7c67258---8656211254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/97084900245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edaaed8c34d---46067953628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/siwizamebasiwarorixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ullibb2ol13398ju3c9mg4t6t3/garagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1f36ec6765---31851812244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/64365489122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq90ckmpah0ocfmobtsbhm0j42/17194915491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b9e886511---15568509543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede81c6c81d---51932068632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/3159220597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/xadelifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p54kk3k4eo4i3398dtfr9o821n/56272131812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n53r4heto40gda4nuvmq7gptu2/wijanebole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=authorization+letter+to+pick+up+parcelPDF 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_off0000e32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3D 16860 bytes
SHA-256: ceaddbd5f5deda0358a862692676766a3ef39cd3eff51a107bf18e43ce80a92b
font_02_sfnt_off00012742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12742 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 174a11d27a3b00b67a92c9b64a92e702cf4fdcd7b6cb9461a88aa975d167526a
font_03_sfnt_off00013f3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F3C 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd