Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6673f2362993b3c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:26:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 42230dedf12f044753576d00c8ad8fa9 SHA-1: e54ea3f4d72e157dc675dbcfd092a4af7d46a4ac SHA-256: 6673f2362993b3c4d637b2c0dfac34b3bddfc6c4f0188f2d1e759ad8509f0729
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on compromised hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=begs+183+writing+and+study+skills PDF link annotation
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b22076a437---32377542888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/pafumemejijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2tjd5bsp049qbp8g4o341glu54/53183442755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56240708401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwobaxideli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnhl7o7ecp6nuatakr3n32fan5/76931717144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/91562054790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2324b9a7aaee21f5aeae2b87dc637e42/32638788139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58q9re4aolalp0krvo58916cp/47265292370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c87e56d9bc---27852792878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/nofugevedimore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade7cc4d03f---gigakodisubikogopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/pediforobunajusadasinixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e7a50d6c2---toguzakamuzabizewigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aead53c1a27---64703872880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lrrl2rqat7kad5815los643cr/473626502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d902bc46ec9913abfca33a48c249ed/kasamidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25135e6681---59514587156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05cd345701---1763570928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/fikavisakuzogoliberumago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608074d0d797e---zibivepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a3312a394---gidovinurezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e822917b54183db719fb70452acdffe6/34149357005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609194150afd8---xijegolofibazeje.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_off000109a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A7 17648 bytes
SHA-256: c6146a9753ef48d755cb024ff77333dc0c0a2d561c979107181846045914039b
font_01_sfnt_off0001374f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014f66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F66 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 6020baea7d95c2df2056594bc6d6f0a32756e93c63324fe6a89d60ac70076cd4