Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a10582716ad6e55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 33c8d4356e855e41a97e7ff97b543d7f SHA-1: 0a195058c1d752864d64ec8468b0fb2519f4e592 SHA-256: 6a10582716ad6e55c8876cd590459dbbef1076f95de77fd183d5991d224ec351
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites likely host phishing content or further malware, as suggested by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' findings. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9898

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac8439c445---53535844111.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3699eddeaea7e877ee13c34a3ed670dd/lobumakojekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adad3198b99efa101e8f95cdaa96f079/kutazefowomuvupuramadovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/pewesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5747ae716bc6ab898371b5cb24d23b0/62976894318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f629734db---51265765505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79721c4dfc---22154029081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1729ab7108359e979ec43300ed917ea3/40845697384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/foxidodaroziruzopumigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ogvmfg4p1adhd5fnvb84hf7b/52702743780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/gewolixatetega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45f4a0e57abe05a458ecb08e9a2a49d/75063186697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bec74c39d5---tugakozovofewunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7aa077b37---83884384279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/nokofababezidujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4b6143b12---ninixito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826328b3943---tiwugawojizedupana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74f4fb9519dfc1231467cd53cb55807d/filoxuxegulesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/65313900348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77e64b0ff6421fe1a0e82d82a098ab6/17210705813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0d8fe52db---kiwinajoxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/35300225641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cggdkihhoj7r6ltmofovnkbdg/5764808334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=verbs+of+motion+frenchPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000102ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ac0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC0 19124 bytes
SHA-256: a247761f9d1de777b55ef577be2a9556c296fd517a8dea39d5d27c052d101aa7
font_02_sfnt_off00014b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B72 10500 bytes
SHA-256: aa2ebc7c28005f27cd3c45651a70a776d51754a3a24ba0cc591b135b9319cdb8
font_03_sfnt_off00016327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16327 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae