Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b715eed72ce4c2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-22 03:45:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3fdd96f842cc194fbc14869206c280ee SHA-1: 25df12e33e8a7d08b80eeb61cf9b48a02b233337 SHA-256: 6b715eed72ce4c2a714ff93863b229ae96b5648c6435edc2dba7a631eda52b4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites. These sites, in turn, host other PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage distribution or phishing campaign. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2003+dodge+durango+service+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2a4eeb2c0---10223985074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7f76fdaf30---94864255639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3723cec44---diwanesedegefezalomuzoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hju9p07go6faon4im15pa71ns6/94469353882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf4d69f7e3---75124084073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/36524644487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/76168812489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/sojosokazipokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/fifomudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/sesezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b1df152a5---36713291307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf6dfbad55c2f5ce9bb68b6e087a9ea/rebulolozabidoxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2e9af9399026d5b52d156b08662cbd/foniwutudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl8rouqsutvqau1eu6unluv7fb/12747257135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/jafosuzupebesifujibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dixipirolonerinikenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/51392751604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161194ed2bec1e---21002039625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3ae66d497---57967183372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/46121001806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616d86e122078739a3092de6023dcafc/71419435145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/larugakevibutudoso.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_off0000e752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE752 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF69 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 39af4bfb132a868c3a06ac29a180e86fc8c73bd1933fc61f87742f55e284a367
font_02_sfnt_off000119e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E9 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 084075160e37dfb007cefc98c18ca9f045a40a4d031c19a3e9c1c69703c0e180