Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ad6dacb136ef5c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:43:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5e75047322044cb46f74f424d94e260f SHA-1: 181021e47820dc9f4a8d1524116db87d1643252d SHA-256: 6ad6dacb136ef5c62f68b111141de6db7fc1f32a44aee13071038b18771ad60c
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, supported by heuristics identifying the PDF as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of a visual download button further suggests a deceptive lure. While no scripts were extracted, the numerous links to potentially malicious PDF files indicate an attempt to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57f7eb7ed6---60750615299.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/87600755348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/79413529834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74fed5b91a---19023804919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/domeluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb346c5302---12854546192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/62026435708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837629ec5c9---68255233653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/rasifutobabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a923992d4---zelopufafevudimajigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0vq0kijnluc7s5pl3g8bakbj0/pipidedobadamazutofawuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/lidedaxusaluxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4677b18b9---58427596208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mna4cmkagh5annmskrk196uem/wogonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/65871546617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863201a8b70---wigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/nopidobiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d542619d9---getiwutejulusexujigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d4953bddb---xulisuzatafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e05a2f69a6c---214630326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080963ea46a2---77530399705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fe516c074---dakovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9keeigechclphietppd1fkaat/79753539956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ariana+grande+let+me+love+you+download+mp3PDF 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_off0001094f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12166 11088 bytes
SHA-256: d7d83513fb7dc3bfa38c69fb1de6f21dca2f57d3a33da47eae0d80d3c86024c3
font_02_sfnt_off00013b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B14 21176 bytes
SHA-256: 6da3b4bd5a2fa1a3fb2a6f7d0c2e99fdfeec7c70f9c6d52cfaba4cfb87fbaa73