Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6384a80797db4692…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:50:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 68977ce6b92e516e99f08e348dae3ede SHA-1: 846e75fd39d0543877818740a87faead88b84e7d SHA-256: 6384a80797db4692cad1923804d1ff9f93945d4991460c4dbaf898f7109b3643
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. No scripts were extracted, but the nature of the embedded links suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb13t3flg36uu4d8fi8qorjf7c/497054888.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2f6c9886ca14d1ad2adafbd4f0548c/69247034513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/gazowukubebukiwuwuzulavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/bavativax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pixaxeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/kelawezivipezifegelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/14650662598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/7839774992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e9c8ce797d2d10cfdf12d8c84429c9/26360083766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tl324sjs38jvu4783b7hjvbaq/71303476439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609071fb8a406---fejajaxavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1793a7384---47283413894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838468d00e457b7e8c4e89d2f2d037bd/37873599897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/98985539581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/4885151628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdfae8eaa4---nojulozowawuvowuwixula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94575b0fabf0d6cc9dde554b4123555e/16373021493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51596684749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac51abdf994---98099455323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgemfoco.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gijujixisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607665ee30f68---1945790216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6ad63467b---36760639490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794557b15b14f19069e6b5284cd2cd0b/ribafojojurino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6df6qvef2pe0chk779ite7krjn/12592131531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/bujotidaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091eabf20f16---35744199314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ecuacion+quimica+definicion+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_off0000d00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD00E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE820 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 16e2dbbeabe736cae1469b7696a5750a68e3525b77d2a970fb29fafba93d68ae
font_02_sfnt_off00011571.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11571 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa5379a812fe888cd7d5dfbaa48c234bcc908e331fce72a19e8b6f11648676