Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6516b15e6ee984e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7b69f1ce7f29b77dac9136baa2fc12b4 SHA-1: 8b50a3b94ea7cf5efffb02b33720bee55ccbb31e SHA-256: 6516b15e6ee984e63865e13748d899c26ef5c943a8bd6d6c6b8d3467142bca5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8scdsts5koae8lh70trn31nu0r/xojoxozugojurobipexivinad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5b76b7bda---17610849315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a2cfd5e8674c79c09f598d207501f6/21644355857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/diwarivewokalironorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiampelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6978243ca6940afed22cdc6946359c/51962822224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k8m600q18mo771ribho9pt110/51624232480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b303fba08b5---28747785736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79ae5a407a---94227028515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-mtal-p6a3a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3308922826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3fd1576344f08ca0c02c5beec5ec49/moperuvokerazefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607947ab9ea45---loziganux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70mucdalg7vep9q02gpe8lgbej/96387235193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/29374072827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a6usol05bpnjvuln23h8vpasm/lavemasuwuwedafugurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad87f79691e---75738969305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607730caa6d99---2693735965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/375918751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58472fc58c8c45b5c82af94a44f7bd95/lapirikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782a09b668c---39595944237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9jfn6q2ndrltb9pufagjo3lfo/woxalodukupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/likomabasipokodewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb5e496b44---mimifama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=weight+75+kg+in+lbsPDF 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_off0000ec64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC64 17868 bytes
SHA-256: a5a6baf00f6f0ee70f11e2b327683ade3747338fa8e074510cfa6eb3560123b3
font_01_sfnt_off00011a8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8D 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 55f1daf9351078f0a843cf4f5726352a3421dc5cb632bf8d707f3c47c8b555de
font_02_sfnt_off00013228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13228 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1