Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6460fd3ded531331…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: daf219ffa2610518b31b5141e73ec80c SHA-1: 4db382cea7e264b1bff993c905ec114c075ae3ec SHA-256: 6460fd3ded531331f4ab5f628b72101336d147c3f4a2ba26ad2bafcba70b8340
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or content-luring campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071be32f1247---zawowononejefagixeritanek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bf618574c---61471996468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt8pqrc4i42h4nn1r2b1lau0un/mubusepepifisoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/20768036917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bfe3e011266c246842d03fa63cf293d/bidesasugizigebevoxulizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/metud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2pqghvh512qc8t3vdpj98f582/fewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ce6332317fd4cdcc3e55b004c1b30c/radubuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf0bjbl2uonbcmnhpll60katjg/nekupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a45705af23---dugapudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702d7187d80---jaxuwifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/396m1bhcs0e8nsar9r2fvvv1m2/vedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40539285388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae6ac78ca335a6899740c53f2f8afe0/40934280421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/varutumemuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/081a4283126d0c2bc332fea74cdd3fb5/rononigozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855af10cec5---xutenazixusoxiserozuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079615157e1d---21022101572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a2095255df0c1baf0e97816d35bbffe/nikoripepokolavimisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36b9d39e01---41255871344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24447d1f28864fa10310f0cd78d9a5c4/wujozodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c46e98ea---52577577373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/15743108017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=finger+joints+achingPDF 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_off0000ebd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD1 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 401bec8f3103f608ac0a6d6182f9a970bff452df932a29e0c1b68f7f126425b9
font_01_sfnt_off000103d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D2 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 2e3cc9c7211a78b1708bb82b15b22d8cf084b91dafa7ddbb093de6566e6af4c2
font_02_sfnt_off00013053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13053 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1