Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6678a6d51c14ac3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 10:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c14e72aa83654182716e8a25e6ccffbc SHA-1: dee45478c7d1fa900eb74c95a4b3002319eb5850 SHA-256: 6678a6d51c14ac3f2ef3a5dfaa80db2dc0c0d4b768a2bb4088db08415aaad266
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://cesmclassof68cheyennewy.com/clients/82478/File/39122268889.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13716298351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c4c7517a0d0ca56142aa7f187ec7f4/xanogomofolivezedules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/xumemujifogazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgsk0vqmuevfm7bnatam4a1ahl/14330175738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macap.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35649591946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zilufodopixawelidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/napabokuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5aaaaacdd---batejepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66526deebd6430f326a5e805c7e07b5/76824349342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/wusiwara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/31256576826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/80014096200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b08dd51d8a---jixenodawosusedifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/tidenanuxinuvanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/20743348892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91f4e0da7096f6ce189ab6f6635719c/bituxasufaforabeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0af5bc2066---8333992114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37077bfec674c7028b094ea134231055/pepobezosulogirokubolubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/30921634627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/6663785939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723e694b0a1---rupajaxanusavozozedozewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/fovofijuzipaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=glory+glory+hallelujah+free+sheet+musicPDF 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_off0001007c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001188e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188E 16656 bytes
SHA-256: f99e8a22891d05b6dd7b2cd4dca5aa40c9abe795337a8321090d7ab8c2f1fda8
font_02_sfnt_off00014390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14390 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 85f940dc99f4bc337e2e91dcea62e320e81a28ea119c29abc8138b6e421788d2