Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c0a7286e9d40380…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 233fa05175c0b30a5248083f5dbf5bf7 SHA-1: a1698cf673b100c0ae04cfef5adfbc3b8a52e45e SHA-256: 6c0a7286e9d40380d1aedf43c7566b09f292355484a0e0657180bd1e4cb822f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution point for phishing content or further malware. The file's structure and the nature of the embedded links suggest it is intended to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/17643144825.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbc6628cfe7320cfb65a28f8d1512042/95813706690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5en26dn32jm9ljv02epk5ed0g/nulolijosovimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m47qgrs0o7brf5un4matv05bof/32822384871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/dapumapoxupuzatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32006e3ab714d896d2f15cc28f2ad40a/sikixunujaxedomafobufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff78a3a120---kezowagetafaxumuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjk27m0bjatdg6kfcfreoe6rpu/27560433523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8dce63c8b---xipovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bebc7305c79ae59946017c758384b8cf/zuxexerijivuvamatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/tiweviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713d6379fc8---sorezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b827707ac9---35007058079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b5675bea5---patejotolubalolovizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e09a4cd8e---rapegarano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c62500792---nuxevenukewuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beeb2b700e4---84658083254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a614d31b9ccdca33c0559659501d26d7/63062194967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/bogemixipeponuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c45923f63b2cdb6742996a6aee3431f/86691244900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/54052632477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c781ca8bc09f91e215c09fa3b71d153/puluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/73186208475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa7f4f1683---98600074519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b67bf589d18421180474649acbf10060/birisatarolekoxepaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c372b9870---34858391274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df62137f3a2035bc02e2874faa68524d/37794148136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/61828382323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=birthday+background+video+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03C 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 6a7fdfed8473ab8a4e5f6c50bac3da6b40dff01d416833e678c81750c951368b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6C 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 9447190bb0356b10f1a4dbff264062c5035514830d6d3519b881469b9cda8b16
font_02_sfnt_off000125ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1