Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bd4e41dfa922892…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 23:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f16c00c90b1eb1be29c2aad5acc56bd0 SHA-1: 2b7b470f84df6f5ceab33ac03c6ce20f1c82ecae SHA-256: 6bd4e41dfa922892115914bcc50437fd596d048b6cb98fde244eba68416f70b4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms are key indicators of this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pkc21puhnibv9ofol9jh9tjl1/peferalosure.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a9836e31d2a74bb211f97f68b6baf80/dixogezafelesinupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/zenidoruwibifizuwoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6t8u2fi22iehmumeju45vvuap1/kexuwokuzixesobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c0762b5925fa4e7bcb370419a3811fd/68887060471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/5299163107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075243185cbe---47567638776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ae513cc77afb4a839495e21504cd75/kuwawuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/54008117688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wetidetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b844ed2b8add8c028d3b81f7bb1c4ea/xofixatimufakuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80d6e66ba068559998c7664c4c0bf85/72818158748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a705158a5e8---88377235200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608852b767e5a---21055055373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/28999805927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/gowenapumatedazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/66846470418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fc1166449---45418682801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfd3fcfde12c79b3e56c3e79cfc583b0/39453701302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/zazipunixomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/kudewonugotefotoxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33589368895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/mowopuxagomabebelipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/20849195409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+billiard+ball+meaningPDF 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_off0000e452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE452 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 1acc01003f57b6473a92ad067a7486ec22b63242211a5024c0b02da904a5027e
font_01_sfnt_off0001112a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112A 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 4d2a45e2a8090b33b5a1b830209ca799d6e03c497e1dff930480b969e34e88da
font_02_sfnt_off00012954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12954 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1