Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b35f3796593af2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:26:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0d16c3ee2458b5dfb28295c2384fd46 SHA-1: aa02acdd476bddba00103276fcd98d692a0eff14 SHA-256: 6b35f3796593af2adff13a83cd642b1a1d92dc8bd2179a709ba2efa8079d709a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d830517ca7e---54397603805.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/49840911328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/53301430355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad17e3065c---sebagereritibivibumilipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadomujofoxetogizogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/pipopativowudogigepetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/befdb88d0bfe8a69513d88488780e0de/53484494924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e80f9a709---gesuvolupumenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca26f07832---damot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bff70b773819a08c3de424af01da14ef/kivamujilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/sitederupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875f035e9c9f81fd14b552800b718db2/92337006591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b754c99d8f1---suzupamupozumamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606f12f49e279---zopolekegigeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65437966561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666041603a6d1228256078c0101fd47b/folipukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/xipolanuzupulovazila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/dabopisomopidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/jewuseguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/60281745921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14841218098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbaoeb5ij73uveqd4g52n3vop1/xukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+power+of+mental+discipline+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3D 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACE 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 79cb5db03cb90e86699636451bdcb115ea462bc27f479f5384e9fd5d5e1f42cc
font_03_sfnt_off0001363e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1363E 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 1044c8ba229d734448c2de4e3ff0279a2c57eb6842b2ad2dc9c0c88a86b0ee08