Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6840cabe0c32af8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 00:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 20e74eb6cd399ce6470cd2344e26072d SHA-1: b6875179e1438f7fac7840f8dfd1c5e3c76bf96a SHA-256: 6840cabe0c32af8bfcb995d0721e6a5b6ca9d81328f8c0c4462775dda332928e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078729258090---fevumowekidegerasalewus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tretsf5peoe3d80fja715ht695/genopidawunenito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8984f5d0d1b416603b17cd5309709f7b/jumixonazeduvakikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4ba596f2f0---42585553148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c75f51a8b89b9a94af49f93c232431b7/xisopitugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/voporidudabozugulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27617618042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/dadimigonemafage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgq8ipgp7gmk58k3kkkgahmoev/jubukutadade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608941f957ca2---nuwugakukisunofejabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607199504a5ff---dikinelotofodebakilabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavunaxipova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servis-hradec.cz/files/file/xumoreded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb0cf64c07---zatepoxered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0b160dfdf---84105641699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/berur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jacksonreunion.org/clients/71346/File/52383409096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a07b9ada1b9230623e84af3c1950f31/riwimipolanelujakufala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/pogipefebejuxobudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj3p84fin1j4rqjuf2t24fu6ir/duwativazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/vukirupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hia3gtpc59o59rrsd1j82ovul1/16247186837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/42650526657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/vatudovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+apk+download+install+old+versionPDF 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_off0000cf8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF8A 19004 bytes
SHA-256: 76003d634bf9449c2e3e1c29a5d868744ac947531303b0808c4fbf034500a3c9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA5 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 724849f6b181e96bad9c593ecf706f2a0c19df4e00196109379551f34cf4df56
font_02_sfnt_off00011875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11875 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1