Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b2b532c35d8080f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6b09b10ab7d09094dddf183052787447 SHA-1: f3587bc27c29d1e7fa14606de425cd7cbd3bf614 SHA-256: 6b2b532c35d8080f95b0b66d8379b45d1d4f2244bcdf4a68d02d99b2a4a4fe70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious intent to redirect users, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecda8590c9---xufitevubog.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/94573773050.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2397e7f8bb---vuparabawe.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0441745542---gimugabug.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad2cb724762f6a7be0df010c1d4af95/fagokerexedisimizoxega.pdf
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/gedajefusoguwepomejafin.pdf
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/wumidesegijorowiselinod.pdf
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/76009925992.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fngneni1mdrrcpeti7orp4bt80/20710294856.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8ed3066cf---sezibapefuziteb.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5683cf5fc---tudemoje.pdf
    • https://herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210623163405.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3o04jnhlv6grkjta3k5j5ded/50048340816.pdf
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fcd4b29f3---linavakisebegi.pdf
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/93686564002.pdf
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a15ae1ae3---49125112695.pdf
    • http://dafangtour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/36228977617.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4115814746d3049fbef75d3c9a9c13cc/4634655532.pdf
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210613191101.pdf
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/gerolutugotudipefowijesu.pdf
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/75807272814.pdf
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de65d1bbc59bb6442348ce9d4914af8/97983963666.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l8f8clf59l2ig4cld0851qlts/xamanomar.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be13392e092---6030826549.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=danang+boutique+hotel
    • 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_off0000c7fb.bin
948f407a48d42da3a3c5a83825a783bc70ef7fd1fa6a73c21153cf2ca1418aed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7FB 10504 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df7f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f791.bin
656234d7e012db13f9ebf38b064eebe3181a72e2c2117597ec4a43984eee6624
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF791 17372 bytes