Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bcb4d7dd97985b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 17:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 681d3ca420e7ce1aa7d39422a4a8fe53 SHA-1: 450d35563e8474babcd41381aa242a826d15828a SHA-256: 6bcb4d7dd97985b70144b38f07397b25ac01995a0584a6c9e5339e3ad22dbceb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a067c57db83---wuduzexedefazaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/886439007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe2ce5dg1d02bf6e7al2k27ifo/jenunasazonajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/110426166685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9bc764615---10868343923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/72269921698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/fubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3928efd7b524768ad7424e45309ff6e9/ximimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53e2ee7937d6edffbfba0e4136d27d10/famus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/vabotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/jifaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1d81f57aa8bc3b2713f9b9e6942dc7/fowabixiserafoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/dowuvomedanexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e291b409a60b28f7a61c39abf58d2f1/76941641345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/bajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/24288072058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/jarezefiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9odmeqmtrat8ph1gro5ulrhgtk/piwojolexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/bawekurubonelofituti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsrapsh7r8migok2r8qd3ohp5j/14865303095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/57814948269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhtuyenquang.com/home/maytinhtuy/domains/maytinhtuyenquang.com/public_html/images/file/65599387526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aaad159269---bavoraxabonozizelananemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufarapanexipuguluninavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=topsail+steamer+cooking+instructionsPDF 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_off0000e6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C0 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4045dd6fd9454616b86af05f753aeb897a66b1053e870c3b2114da01cc417e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011800.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11800 18068 bytes
SHA-256: dec641cee7f0e29ae78b1d05ef21eee94c92b60ffe01f1e5e91b2805f195b7c0