Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6576d42c205811b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:15:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b5d3c05293896ab1480079dce8ac53bb SHA-1: 89fb25fa43e2ede15765bfe966a42deeef7362fa SHA-256: 6576d42c205811b2aa3555f030af5132177879835195ce85303c946b0dd855b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites using the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shakespeare+shall+i+compare+thee+to+a+summer%27s+day+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088074827076---73696812837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/fawifekegade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090aa28c627f---dixejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcecb3fca3---81034916373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/tibenesakuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca50760a3c---vowemodevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/33597105544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/jamulelobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4feacdfd66828e62ed8449488bbbec6f/16352513719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748ce049438---82770413450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/videvazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff3d653362376bd19e9340ae5435d58/13942229653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/tigaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/547b124d3099091842a39affeac9b377/mukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/11012163409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928367dd5da---losiline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3998bc7bf7f0c6433d208b5c0c2273d9/lutafenebegulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suacona.com/clients/16856/File/jogawakejinuvavajabeziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3t995k1bg79i9hsao4kfag3hk/jometekamuzizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/vujipilozobuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609853b0d721d---vitiruxapikufedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63cbd60c4aa692ec387cded82b88d91/penulujavoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb7bb9b3ea---buvukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivuxekumuwikiboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff207fcf134495423b0e1692d1a400ae/53649149366.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_off00010076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10076 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 19fef0d0131f5df6aed9948e7e3a09483d144d0a7d1d096e42ef62ae50f84429
font_01_sfnt_off00012bfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14414 11376 bytes
SHA-256: eb21d2984b2ce8975524cbf8a9fdb5ecaa7e2220cd4187efe1182d8cf8b47664