Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b626d68f4dfe6c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:27:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d5ebb4321a861585a06ba2970ae3e5a4 SHA-1: 4b585e7743fe97f5cc0d63aa07d51629beb3ee5d SHA-256: 6b626d68f4dfe6c474b860dd44e8ae1c130dfa360e124e628edbfcde03e411c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URI heuristics and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' firing indicate a deliberate attempt to create a network of links for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=have+you+ever+been+bonded PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608610a7578e1---68031577469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/baxefibodukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810170cdf46---2155750753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec5668eaa799ca9039fa2225994e137/2752204723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070481f90451---79494374973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95c1774c05951399c19d3f3fb892317/duxalozifupajaleguboti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0186d7696---maxezodaxodudilosala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d3ce6612e736d9fbd0cda5defd8563/zagalodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990f7047a60098974f331ac29ef82762/zikadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffc3dc3a46b43e130ddcdd9d491e7c65/13290114325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8156dc4cd8c6dfcaa950c3131156db/42485393019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada937e1e58247b3a0be598d6663d211/gulifopebefibixisugodinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/97559854044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d0d8713f5---melewowisujane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/jitivamodizepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e9302f6b3---ludepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3324000a4bcb6c6aaa280eafb75b76b/45010861844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60gvv5oqc4cj04n931udsno5k6/95161459833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/duwizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b84b02b022---sijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cbe00797f---jojelajiguzutigezogajono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/gabesujatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff9b3d7582---wuxevuwalikise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e26e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA80 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 5e780bee7139273e19be63fc11743480e144b96453bab3ff9075b86a3eb81a7a
font_02_sfnt_off00012618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12618 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 5fcb9de843760bef9532c5271199448073c38ba49c2de7aaed41e19ec48c19b9