Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6576643a97c30b14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:41:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a97618321b6a635a2bb6b2657a75b57e SHA-1: a1de8bb70fe24671747515242fed59be0a7ed7d9 SHA-256: 6576643a97c30b14228952e98be982b2a4af29d280fd7b1a314341db4584bc47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mht+cet+paper+with+solution PDF link annotation
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fafa9aa849---44094922652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/58524750853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/jaxujuzokudezoribiniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1056ce998b---67955975017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdf01d6ab2901bfd1d613a56eb1ea59/fexolidoparozoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee57fac9bb79404e5f92178d9966d159/52350364759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8caf75cd790f0197ab9cb907b808f1de/bimikemifima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c9677ec91---gaketarekamixepikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d8956a31f9e354cf0ed8bbd0bbf924/5931549202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugaganivabomixagugeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2547f635fd1083692cdd251d1468850d/zebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65843745453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/jesujakafaginokafenenevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c45edc5b6f1ab41541cc8ab79a1f7271/70484696635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59db50a49a7504f0d62c6080dd61690e/kejubusukide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b76ec013c3---vejewepitufazezepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4c756ced---59871849935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/xuxezuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c845b97ad---60304942661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccbc6caa29---8706501060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxogoputemajibujugoxusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/49526225898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b68ba5d9d1---2768648852.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_off0000ed98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED98 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 60e24126f1eaa9cae354666b794502c924d1b5f9966129a603e0b81bb548233c
font_01_sfnt_off00011b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B31 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 65f3ed0eb7e6bfe9c0fe659f643ed8de55c9cfff6742780db33815419479c896
font_02_sfnt_off0001339c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1