Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6925faaf70cc25f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:45:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a4d7b5004e2374382e050f59444967b0 SHA-1: 4d43a4a69a92cb1e794c4112c4cfac1f711886b4 SHA-256: 6925faaf70cc25f1ce4117da470b33c662cf763bbf5d84a389d4921f461648f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dd196e75e---11178141471.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iipddjp1mh8a7da42k2ud9mogs/81539167285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f0e1a35f9ecaa5d9b351553dcec5baf/kotolarexurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/34494872893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q5dfkrdbqaoninsit27dbf8ho/tuwezorunuwimifenepugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ca7437c0a6a774bb1ab25b4242ab3c/80034892263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l48m8shthq1narhm8907n3rj4/85914562463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8358539d26---nazulizerojarimagejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/15712758393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4bde3ac45efe7d6da41dd1a948fabb/xazenewuxaxezowukisovunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-intelli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78827385132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4191a9cdc---94164686781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6df01b40bc---benubodokakufomekisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab86fa5604749245307d3b3725124085/fudinasekasufivexeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/gifuwukizijegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ca34e5a257fdef29290c6b58d63120/41832953217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0809e9beed84b934905a58cbe95b27/12111358669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf7ef824f9---19431414956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/dofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c822e9738---ditamuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/38193990716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/51565177210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfd97f4041---91498653024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/gukagasalobaxuxataro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/kagitenupotumapumemosodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conberraquera.com/aym_image/files/refakodetofomatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=location+and+function+of+pineal+glandPDF 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_off0000f706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF706 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1D 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 59802e6ff6dab9bc4bfe07153f6a7a2bd331f0afd57b4fd9deace1cba9702d2b
font_02_sfnt_off0001272c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1272C 16992 bytes
SHA-256: c4c76f098a8150937317cac0f54bd0c31e8b7ce2dadcfbbec668feaa27ecc272