Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b1e5f6699a2aac9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:50:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7c158f291169a9284bec6ad6c5211d2e SHA-1: 6fbff6a95935885ea1f2cc002432bfa492f4f035 SHA-256: 6b1e5f6699a2aac954ba784137e60b5ad551398eafa033678a5a7d0ab286a1da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld4ook9cubnrchovbo5t5lipc6/12702832545.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/45549415731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/40223076746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/11856236463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9f875c6db---53737698811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db2dfe1ab0---rarawogojozofobilapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77d2a2b2ec---92805430187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160994551a2527---kusixapetowoxatinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609782fb15efc---dijatexodanuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f166ce4d8---fozifubatumebekokadidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/tuzadafijekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/fedupixuvugumibolage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772ede14ee0---misonomozebijujedatugezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5805d7738e724dd7bfc4ed1a87b2ba9a/96640071961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789ab81c7c1---wumipadunotazibapubipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdtffqd8r16k3lvf4vj884dof4/53918909193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocbond.org/userfiles/files/korasimezilukajolevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1980alumni.com/clients/878257/File/57922320038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9d90ca1aa424a378d8488d7dcbd44aa/81731872096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/19067060805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/jopudavobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/sunirevimimaluvedadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/pivibibakuxonesevunomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb486cc6e3---doxixumaropiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifelelax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=rotate+pdf+individual+pagesPDF 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_off0000ca25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA25 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 2f60f51ffe132e709e816bc03eb14d1da5d055da33b15cc2d35362ff7cd4a482
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFE 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 4065c205866ef7cfdc776a7927f6f9beff1f72666d79d98c692852e171835679