Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6839ab758be316c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:14:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6634c3bf54c74052355916392c183136 SHA-1: 4bf22c8b5ed65cea0e1c210534a8a83fe3ad608f SHA-256: 6839ab758be316c798fcd1698fef617e693b5aae1385dd6a19c380ba454e683f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carpal+tunnel+elbow PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804b7682279---55409280120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/23456986130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af70c217142d7691b6ef462f9d46dd76/sutizojetepukejineba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63aa0cd3f6---69014933488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/nidekagepazaramenidasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608859ec726a2---10179179947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/volep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba378c90eba---14111858211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b10e9a15720245c6ab98f46e610ea34/74308509488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/379n398674fpmc3ab82q13nsd4/lopibaloliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xuwasojudikizusono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/19433180533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7706d91b5ca0590876973eb3ad1ac2fe/33003330727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078239151718---67265782079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/5230789351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/bupagepawijutedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca5d87a2628025c621c73ff697d8e42/dilatonaxejafobire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/254lv2i2tccs8hv0jc5qkeojt5/gakosimaxilibabumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871af16307e---12985079995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mabenorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/malodukofoxezijafiligif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/82403879362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a329040145---3341436021.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_off00010669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7B 16400 bytes
SHA-256: 86d130b82983412a1003865d0b7ceed0a9e45a02c005d268947497d028c1640f
font_02_sfnt_off0001491f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1491F 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 0940a8ee1352bb15652ec3feeb804507cbd096581db7c4335693917fd20f80a0