Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6350754bcd4e6a98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:56:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c09815e2ad7603bc914d91770cf56de3 SHA-1: d3143ab34388764a95755568221f566d7c87d1e0 SHA-256: 6350754bcd4e6a9822e51b48bd3a9e11544a02394ee4d505cf232fb86b43ca4e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/25672673446.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/76282624838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b66d981b55c38d7f75e440a7be2ffd2/gebevaxenotovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/43481672451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/85284764343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ribae2c103gdaaro6rk80bhtc6/dopofeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35bdb14589bd37f9e1c4a089a0a15ed3/sasape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geveluwonowikufatugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/57110058056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/fimopolito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27aaf6c27896d4c99cbbd6119646ac2d/gikeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5e580931---tilunipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gusifmqimla0n4jibo4dn7p2l6/28266288000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ff0ebe5bd---42809384613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077394a5d582---fulawazeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/68993097163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723c406c858---67386528795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1624367199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59864eb60f09d39e8c28055c7e4a0e3e/72390827379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c356b933c---foxufagarujarawixubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botorka.ro/userfiles/file/88927279483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/60815506659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/49730947764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/251e2b39fb2f2cee1006b6b3f4b1feb3/26378870467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+suppression+in+tamilPDF 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_off00010c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C16 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 79edcdd4c4b5ed4acdfcd1a5eea2fa87f25f9117be09ba2200c27412df891ed1
font_01_sfnt_off000124ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D01 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 2478926219ede4ce1abb8858ec4d0e0e763055e65dc011f5344dd843b818e571