Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6be8c4ec00e9f334…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 15:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 65092a41f5b93d1575cd69909c95a112 SHA-1: c5aa55141751457ca3b54470c792341fef0984b9 SHA-256: 6be8c4ec00e9f334cf9a7865a60866a89feb9f1f5cc553342a0bf78e7840bdac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosted on potentially disposable infrastructure. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links suggests the PDF is used to redirect victims to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ross+geller+pivot PDF link annotation
    • https://turismoporsantander.com/aym_image/files/fuwuvuditotutagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/xunesimudubujipisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tft2450mqothdmdplrq54sn8p2/fubijegipidozugevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-7///2021728513405819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2e0ca6e86---mepekuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6001212058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/pawubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/9335768720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80v50oi9745f6vi0jonk4vl1c1/farodori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f7070862b---puzilujifejomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f448f0775503883b7960ffa63e1fa20/75234351732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a0658c927ae2c55452fe0e333bf28b/75152490420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/9919633975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/fipezugikobowewipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3cdd64f7f---81822927158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9383756c325c8af245af688536698c25/74296070551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d1afbdf42---kakofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ho1j4ejqce5imqpsnih6810an/minuzupazokadilesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b761064126c---vipifiviwosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e1aea692c---74187860486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/jufumisewanixeforo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091287b86278---89744053542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/fabafulamamuxofozamuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/xoroxumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/58964133497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65540308470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: caf1003303d4ad44693aa5a01c56155700e47f6730b659015a068274b1a6963c
font_01_sfnt_off00010f15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F15 18796 bytes
SHA-256: efe1edb693de9975396f2a3f5191135b0ba21de8e0ce2ba5b2a20dfcbb069f64
font_02_sfnt_off00013ec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1