Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bfdd4886e9ddffb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-10 00:26:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b4ee0a787c40e3e4c2a1fbb3b59518fd SHA-1: 046b5dc273308b36b1df63bc2bdfcf7153ae3a3d SHA-256: 6bfdd4886e9ddffbc00c5f851ad3c6928eebb6126c08862877b0689a227378ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristics point towards an attempt to leverage external resources for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+3+honors+final+study+guide+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bexexelejazezepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078aec7299d1---wejoxezugogatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ps6p018a24m2i75o5rp55aqqk5/pedogodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bc7949e80---19276657436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/tuwugukinijozagijimukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096719ea220d---xugemesinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda418e231b---72209714493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4b1a58a4b93cbaa6d6b795ad1a62a9/34290382001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f58ea6843adaf8732df63cbc5b02dd87/25745222883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/xirumomazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ortodonciaelisafarache.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabebesinefakobotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ab92b4abc---jesexubebatuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/76635740669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88455955526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/zugazajazimejukegawijare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77483536248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928fa65f28c9e8aeb5e1e54c0f73b828/jubanirogupeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e54ef414448f1f30df1fe7d73143ea86/wevigarulexevevuvowutota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912ffee96a5---tamavimotajabagavidiloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/46915224110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bc9284ce4dc5607434afacf5f509e8/43336435944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ecb6686a3dea8bb44cb5f8b4d3c2dd1/33725437616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/zodaxowipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadaa200350---gubivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/75196351252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfk-dekoration.dk/images/uploadedimages/file/loxel.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_off0000e1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D7 11324 bytes
SHA-256: b422869b9dbb9305a7b66f71173423873b1cc29354210ad63349e226636bd23b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001145b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145B 17876 bytes
SHA-256: 2cc7a26a412df533b24cdf791226f4a9f66577176fd0398623e1ad6070f265ae