Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b333e78afce27af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a0f62b1ab0ded1be041640769c90274a SHA-1: bb5a1995a3de0ebe4a465b129650d1c2ec81ef44 SHA-256: 6b333e78afce27afe5d05958207da87d7acd3e0158bbda3279042dcbf404fa4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability or serves as a phishing lure. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cd7783cb9---garabubamupubilusapij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08b2f8db2b---bezarusuroxononinipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089af38b8db6---latixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c19dba2735---82617646933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/35848400633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/vonapuvemuvuwemifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a99a7ed06---lavuxebabiwadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/jozetonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-exclusive.cz/userfiles/file/54689561354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/jakenivegilipotutefenuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98379725073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aab1ed927f---bemosejijapuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nbomms3h82450gca8vqjku3v3/dususebopijozefenatagip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazoxinigenuseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/46237609304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f0b7b461a---26483068349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/72160538785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9spm9q3uk73juaevbhj94qjm7/wofamopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wami.cc/data/files/29686658433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/zikobunimemuwobojubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb4b77c25d---kozuzepivedonewile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/labasijuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7860spkttaaool3umibqp1kj6/rekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b843c622afce56c457af5539c04c80/jigekodeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=everlast+everflex+freestanding+punch+bag+manualPDF 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_off0000e203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE203 18644 bytes
SHA-256: c8699587c633f8f08f5bb38b1d5239ae96edb29a43c62a24f1d928912ddf1d75
font_01_sfnt_off000112d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D3 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 6f08fa11344e04b45b571ee3263defd4a52bf75b57363fa979ce48b81358d75e
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1