Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bc443ad956d4ef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 21:01:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 46e2f77c5c0603bf18322788a5e00ddc SHA-1: 03bd93c4bb3ef66cf76d0ea26e717d6914d4f74b SHA-256: 6bc443ad956d4ef2a502cdb1f86cbebbbb7f617f6ac96eafc1cc65f771ddb627
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters further support its role in a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af98eb2425e---22417164841.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/filesomudutesasekugepasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffdb5dacab---tixutikobapapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/nevakena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbe7fc99f9---dikorobakumedozadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/liviwuxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etdo18frqbpm78cn0c4u6s4c5q/zawelixetogevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/35464655132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ice1ksvbs5h5rl3mouq1lcjsuj/36483501960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5c0785142195942ab3c12bf2c2b0e0/46216193836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d97f5967c3---44139717675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ray-king67reunion.com/clients/41562/File/75726324282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cttov4mb878tl4u2vk6sao7aa0/40274839324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2e1f53b98---sovesogukagebijidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785aeb442a4---gaxawomekixosudalili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8944b06c4909cc64fdde6fa1fe314bb7/67229625287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjb9k2bimt97phr0vgfbc4pgkd/femasajogesuzegelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/80598335145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetranhtuong.info/luutru/files/69556904747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790b07db200b165f7c6058e671ceb520/bitumoxazexujubuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/28096071442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d75aa5caf---pidamegixakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f5ba0fc912aa53a8d39e68bdb21ef9d/11683589705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60edf84684---16190187264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32fbbeb877abb3186d84d0c18abd79b/62248989029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcd17795f2dc4511c8a7c9b2f4037ac6/29439978696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/gusapikafisiwakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikojusepolese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+money+bagPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f7c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C5 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 9c9094e6f9000d102774bcf99930671b25e2faa3f79cdde55eaf0e327cb348b2
font_01_sfnt_off0001289b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289B 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 3093a7a0dcc42d3d045aacd5a5f6cfdf9a4e1bc51e50ca2efd93f0f03c80ffe9
font_02_sfnt_off00014021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14021 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1