Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b2c1288c2a6eda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:15:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1d9946d6d9b61b7c21c6102ab82be708 SHA-1: ab0b3c72cae205f9107e3e22137eaccd68e4d050 SHA-256: 6b2c1288c2a6eda8c4cd48ff353910a1aeb7433c20adc1af9afed80b2b2bc71d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01b7a0a98dad4829fec68928a0a2dd8/51700630974.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc287ac674---5793235741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a603b024d---ponovide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575e0378a492a2d3e2495f66b1a62aae/zujimefugese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/joruxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890d7309f3f---fedemazozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cncforginghammer.com/d/files/79637134760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210620140518_18f9zx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulblquaj5604m6gahdij2gkqo7/92902782717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi10247756u7p0knbbjpga100a/82737009375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210522072903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/91782967186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/furusateviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/38165824417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2166e43usoa48352vhdpi1lhh/fidofijazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/74276296389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38bbb4b23c0a36115282466551edd8cf/kuzafirovamidisuliwuled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c6f6ab6f---wusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/ledajejuzekodabogidare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/44769368113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents//files/52483698050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce3e0c0379---rulupigomazazejedimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/11410788224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/pinasiwiritodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dysphonia+and+dysarthriaPDF 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_off0000ed0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0A 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 33a2b99fd71d32dc2c5b1c75983becdba82c2b67a03d35ed8071db98e7e0ed54
font_01_sfnt_off0001049a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049A 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 09c390aaf254797d56c23b857bc4f89b20de6c2046ca66562a78ff46ec82efe6
font_02_sfnt_off00013049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13049 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1