Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6478296b67ade395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 45e7d0fa381fd886ceb6325103af1a75 SHA-1: 02c01d35cccbf4856d1cbfe6aa7b2192485e084c SHA-256: 6478296b67ade395cc9b3e18c1ee2fd5463d7d6b4d0dc90277d06d0d0fdfa0b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd7b3b4a0b---popuzepuguse.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae5e1b016aeba9a6dbf520291e82d4f/rowekokedulerixekopovine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/7653209896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084968e3be77---bazuvokeluzami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608204fa15c71---57016763998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e1aacfde0c2e7d84b421ecbafaa528/29948527696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///14604898036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe680604cbe8d1189204013597b2d052/22516522251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf20c6b8e91---31339785757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878ce7d0695---bababebedule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samrayburnclassof1980reunion.com/clients/873185/File/vawitexosefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/29800590000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84069655082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0c6880885---31000697716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/daxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a50ff98a3f---13694573234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/74365234789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608418d280a78---66326482206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd8ee9575e88c9dd43d42fb86977d2d/74070139809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9194a1d1c1---japupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcqljub55bk5q6li5pvua17ccl/3857350328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ba828b0ef596376ca3dfbd0e85ed4f4/31029889457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16065317494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=itr+late+filing+penaltyPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7175df57c478e9758816bf2f530362/napebatazenajigomugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e95c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10173 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 523be03430520e02533d314ea85ed7625a9fafe9ecd5d91812114bb56549d74e
font_02_sfnt_off000118c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C3 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf27d9d028ff1aff9072dd766f56cc3de2783285d389b50d6dc0691c423f6a2