Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b347e2d80c0e81a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 21a9d8774f5d0f8702f278834ff15019 SHA-1: a14883ad9c1096d893bbcd6d9d5f1730e5ffec05 SHA-256: 6b347e2d80c0e81add8db58f6a8c35345eba8410c6c412f149f9cf0262ef339c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads, a common tactic for hosting malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70k9mh4st4ugtdbnbtpeig5qv8/62304672633.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://diodelumi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66676899662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/dulezugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4226660ed0---raxepipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2427a2f65b---tibujekafugulinigagave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/58428842188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baad548e91---wibevikareguwemoditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb09b9c295---91209663470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/jajizokuzovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f1193f13856f6ade87158af4dbdddd8/siwamabozosidopolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782a5ab0896---81578775814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef3eca47201de071ef35a6b637161b3/14758742528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/985198592ce5297ace4c4f78824964dd/85613689471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alaskacounseling.org/clients/8/87/870ae3779d21e956d596131c1dd113ff/File/98263372980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/53154024050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fiv7a2f32dn7fqq0q3obd7ha7f/95636086913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b658f9a310fc3929c668d05949933f9f/bogovapamiwivomaduwarekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0f48efd8f---3850652800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lkkn3eai4p0ktcc926fq3ipfb/52606945167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/pipugedujejibetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/70012779590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d02ebd78f2bf256c91921172f265f60c/pimetidagigeruvugarijekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dec16e813---5202011459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=quality+of+the+product+not+as+expectedPDF 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_off000112dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DD 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7bf79510387ae010c9322b188f36a2fedca9690f10e4a67ec3ed31359da5dd
font_01_sfnt_off00012cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC7 17660 bytes
SHA-256: e6db5676dbba9831a17a920adfe8582af37ffee738ca41a749fde6198784cb54
font_02_sfnt_off00015a59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1