Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6383a649a25e54ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f6bbcdeea9e528bc3cd127186e1fe76d SHA-1: 6cb684dd2155cb05c5ea91e0f63727916b58c0fa SHA-256: 6383a649a25e54ca4719cc5dd2b6124091d145d47b21278821c59e858e8f2c65
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it functions as a link farm to lure victims to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd440a5c3923cc08a6dcba6fabfa85a/vebilivivumufik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4fe714fdd29f461a3635637620b0a37/72977494409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16217423171255337871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607426ec3dcc4---bupamilowutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/ligapinejavepizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/biwonexobixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rugrp6n83kgg631pl3iju3rc32/92882443294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e06984818c411113309781feb77dab/5237698341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/991fef7a57d7f50df81932430e79c4eb/59329489381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca48845ab1da0856d28d124551e40c70/16955249017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607450444ea15---rorifubavogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca605a4bd83911c6d1fa0ebfcbb1d8d/97860272048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5lvo7u6r7t6ftgtlu63lgh9d1/83726957016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/66634175896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/91973676855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca143a385f---dedelaxunefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af62a29eed7b8437adea745a23f18ae/puwoxujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vajexonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jd3prlkovlql5k9hckdheqbi8/bugazixunanezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e17757bf1a---85530948647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517baqbs0suhndlo0q030n4meh/63436991939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/vexukizepumukowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3d9c1fb98---44276447289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=inflate+to+40+psiPDF 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_off0000fcad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAD 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 23e346628385b6c8cc0fb4b7273920ac0c0b953e824a18770ffbc1577c5c8d26
font_01_sfnt_off00012c5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C5A 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 253fbc5ef93ff7339fed9efc35c73e73b758cd191e5fa957f2d38311d6bec46e
font_02_sfnt_off00014407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14407 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1