Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6abe0fd040f29884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.0 KB Created: 2021-07-24 18:41:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cbe49a253ffe98f34c2b5ff47ec06b40 SHA-1: 2d96c2650ebc5f50879774ab640e0bbff0ca0cb1 SHA-256: 6abe0fd040f29884dbd5c56d391b1364b7aa2171797ee8b681bc1aa729a0b7f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting file upload functionalities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest this document acts as a lure to download malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff6e037bad1f9f0eee2d327062b2bad/xozefigobazafedadozu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/garaniroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848cba28cbb---89051693044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15d82d4f0b---70664943523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f6da0b3d4---20467488802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/gavikuwilosisamuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-9/20210709054638893075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d49be41aa2763abf1f0cddb5acdc7b/wejabowejomijavuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f03df5c49bb4d63826d04ec3a6857e/tawemopijifinozobovalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/xusumovupumutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cab61d432d---70661184733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfdb885713---93320542251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/22701145322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e284bb906---kajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/vamonikuworulinuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/direxigexazosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mb-classic-service.de/userfiles/file/12819130390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c84927b30---rezuwajobajarumager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9dfa308b56---kelesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/lutikazupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/25328443923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb78759913---fulagobuvipuxamezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=2000+polaris+sportsman+500+parts+listPDF 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_off000132dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AF4 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 1404bb7ef647f8cab39bf8ca0ee7449fc06df702bbf040406d560a4f40b23328
font_02_sfnt_off00016305.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16305 18816 bytes
SHA-256: dc23abb24a55c73c7430bf907e1446a91a0c44bcb4098a52268bbe12f41bd4a9