Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ad414cfca612d4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.4 KB Created: 2021-08-02 00:33:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0f155c6a731766837b267a5b011ec62c SHA-1: 0c760b0e7f256447ffd6e1a2d6bc680fbc1a9a4c SHA-256: 6ad414cfca612d4c8bc7d4d9efdd938e27a0fd43c20c3179cbaa861a3f2fcc05
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports a malicious distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flocabulary+teacher+login+and+password+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956127d45fd---4515869833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4b599e5c9---tetajuxuzirirexukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cv84qn9cne685rvdgh8l1tdk58/41989811293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/nikobokimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbd7466884---nurapubikenena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fff5bb8d9c2---rawaxatexixibimoxaxolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10a48bf8df---58067552690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/27185646879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6aaa29be83---64942215533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/22000773416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e15bcf372f---59664897511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/92900495878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj1f7kthola2jgn6rl2u1iln47/fitanosubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/44474190681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4881e62bda79f30c8a0b26cd9ade684e/8733791454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a272b75afc8---77945820108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/1293093022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6ba925d6---giwuxataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2ca9de880---vetivikedexekexobolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609156599746a---72881805557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ercq5253nnm46dndrrgkg80062/nubedegavizuwetixisat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifetanitudunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00018633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18633 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00019e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E4A 11452 bytes
SHA-256: 8fd1cb68232ef3d0535d3861856aa39c31e90796b460c6fe25f1bb0f2374af65
font_02_sfnt_off0001b8fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B8FA 17676 bytes
SHA-256: ae6bcf70e0266a2489ec69b91ea7be07f7a934080631ec11aa6f87225510462b