Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bb85d9aecb6d4e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-06-21 04:42:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 618887f02cdbbcd3dd51310d4720262c SHA-1: 5b062e6833eae5f098c0a352bcec1f7fa8d1794c SHA-256: 6bb85d9aecb6d4e3f6aa071cfbcd800d2ac6c4be9da81d4f1fa276d4aa7aaff3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised sites indicates a phishing or redirection attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7771

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvvld1h3eldhb3krkn0dgoh5k3/kawine.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbc4b6b1c0---sufogesugadidotoxagaxago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/nidupoditenatimetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/gojitobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utb7v6892jjhteegfm2m95bjd4/sabuwiremotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/27819822922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/219227be006d50906f75a854b6cff9f6/44653815871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dprkoreatour.com/uploads/files/lukusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e910c36877---2626540398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5e0220d2a---68133458025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b709b819205d00d35c353455e7ffd38/vogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iokq71m29sbs9m3h8moo0it8qu/26873779886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3f7cdb80d---xezufegitopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dfd6164e0945930ec2172bb8f4d3214/88321831568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/pajinajagabebilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfb59694e83fb25d6c15910f0b10fde7/60129314173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=electrostatics+notes+pdf+for+neetPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/98104071847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD834 5108 bytes
SHA-256: 088c0fc36c2b59d970efbc53d17526931eb1c4ad2b38fd8af99c8a52f3b0a253
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A9 11128 bytes
SHA-256: c83350c40db8b240b4d954a3f65d852d16cf510ce24c1bc92df3febcee6b2cbe