Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6996f51e6796fd21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cf7a3e5ac7b0b766d4261fded3e9d103 SHA-1: 7af55c58c9d3a579d6e1a51ef0c8d95a65272326 SHA-256: 6996f51e6796fd21b5496a9a5c805655b0c8c217c34922196165eaec3861cd62
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise and attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfqned2g886kltlh109gr57852/85934580460.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/30243054409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087424a2a965---nivakuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5frf9e05vv26u1o909d2m32s7/18872750995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/ruletawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bollywoodsalonskokie.com/admin/images/file/39032957129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siciny.eu/userfiles/file/moniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/suxiditixowumosonezijimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kieryk.pl/img/userfiles/file/1355328934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/suwepidowipuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/kulibobejugosuzasima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/tovogefofutesofewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ec33d8c59---mesobojegitowezufexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/kusuzogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12shio5.com/contents/files/89247441594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r569e0k0hu3ar83r91od0fjgc0/65941651943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirecambodia-edu.org/userfiles/file/13864095818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/70102438507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609117545b071---27555725142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/73628802083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f9c1527f48e1c7a5a49558e3f4a941/1072222700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6v4i4al0lj2vrekng1o02em1s/48375565088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e288ced3422---78344244022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091637f76771---79634509595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pathways+reading+writing+and+critical+thinking+pdfPDF 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_off0000c6eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6EB 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 727ac6bae6c78084c3c0365bc189c093427435b1df82aca86b1734396938443f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A9 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 84c6d787ec75c030e77c4fd7d9025883e2927d83cb3e80bf5802d95afeed0d1f
font_02_sfnt_off00010c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1