Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ad723d5e105e809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:45:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7c0d2bb42d49c1dc0352b7c94e940608 SHA-1: ed1e851e3cd7c6def9bead81de9507b7d145643d SHA-256: 6ad723d5e105e80965e62eb8c291039ac2de0589100761e3b4797cfd5515321c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a social engineering lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://waltwhitman1964grads.com/clients/6/6c/6c9ae932573016e5ff31759a10dce4b4/File/suzizado.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5574232452---goriseravonowinakogubobu.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0b6e0bb14a0ee970b23ab69b119351a/wumezupifutunonofabazoget.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70dfbd789e2ef1a8e4b65952c512ebfa/42110853400.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe30f49d26a31d22363cde7d433bf89/80803076536.pdf
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2ced2c50f800bbb6148e155e20cd8a/21394600565.pdf
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/87116132262.pdf
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/31769674521.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070329a9cd2b---46330840281.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609844d5e3783---99256899440.pdf
    • https://xenang-mitsubishi.com/fckupload/file/rubosemivepikefi.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607145ed5e0ed---fawetugizopo.pdf
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f3ef90f369aa84633ef04c799ae1af6/beviluwegaza.pdf
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/96648063215.pdf
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/55109190269.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3057ec82c---3385192781.pdf
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/donewisebuvojunonanirolu.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94d2845a728fce6bc153833267aee59/29710861705.pdf
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/13170754113.pdf
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/15878877944.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7346cb4dc3---galufusepuluzufakonu.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dac600d2be---sinojonetotikezofapavi.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080831e9cdb3---fobosezelusu.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf2023949c---32402693428.pdf
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d08352da53---55647367765.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b50c2a0bb---ditobowatufovagabadutuwig.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=wiley+organic+chemistry+for+jee+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c658.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC658 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de6a.bin
b558365f2b8b58c711e9e7f89efebed241dc8d436cd2353f6929e445caa499e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6A 17264 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b13.bin
bfe316e2b8a3d7c1a29909b52fc62a24af4e854277fd197987ce8b99e9899cca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B13 11304 bytes