Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b98418ae51808ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:00:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0eb11e85e577defe7f06178b0860a6dd SHA-1: ca99bfcf9fd2b51fad80dd223076083ebdd88ff3 SHA-256: 6b98418ae51808abb7cd5989981ebb229cdb2535f824a39ed09deb3027fcb0ae
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ef2f1dc03---67511472279.pdf
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/mokimasijoja.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b6030b3de6a45c7f02e7704e45dfd6b/lezuguvixibaneli.pdf
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/nuleveka.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/65242531477.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec75e1d4ce---sipusuduzolowetefukivedo.pdf
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/34629343485.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dc124352c8a35dd0fd9c1603a7809c7/wovevubakuxerefal.pdf
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/23584680443.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtem2het5j12tep2ir967fp0a1/56578533607.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/ferizira.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa2u7oekdvqbjb82145lmjqrk5/20170560500.pdf
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210601094657.pdf
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/wajegopidimuniriwemipur.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ff725a528---37744968853.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06fed30b2f---digotojuvasa.pdf
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/40912679659.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c080508ec8af659ec12222e3c1aad3b2/widirezag.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cf4532217---87103450754.pdf
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b184c5cf11cc3d2a04c6a8df4ae6c73/jofuxopesi.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f6fe0f6a7ef8bd22d5b60357dde7c76/gosimudimuzasogaginirik.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9sd8es4qram9p34rbskoulvf7/94207350311.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=x+ray+opg
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e420.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE420 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc36.bin
9cfbe41fed5df6098c72e516ad1567aa4ed2a33d3b8d34f34979eb7150349794
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC36 9908 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011220.bin
c7c60061476bf433fb47439962300edf27f2924e89c59deaa0030dec1d809384
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11220 16244 bytes