Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c0ad1d17ee944f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3a2fe27e52701bfbdca8bf29aec3c68d SHA-1: a0b8665e5d27f59f43b7158d131c11df73b8ae36 SHA-256: 6c0ad1d17ee944f66afd779c7e76578a7bc3b559b8c63478901683e60a484ce9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of UTM parameters in some URLs suggests a phishing or spam campaign aimed at driving traffic to these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sickle+cell+in+adults PDF link annotation
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80122d6a4d4be7eae7db25eb8e45347e/neleromanofajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/60539933759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/61722757224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16489948498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bsrv4peigtl7oipehk2mh7gdt/86841540379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/011a24e0809ebbf125597ebad5d64dd5/kimaxoboxemamifafabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/potevilogido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a0530d777---mujifemafoxozixizixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb75ae8a52---xavoradirorijepoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/44038920344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/75131203336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc752145b9b8de4948e7ec83b6e93df4/sokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d190308cb12---fulilewavupevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5682f65f35c71803d75795e9344f3d91/26604067503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/benojiboruxexovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4a2364bde---rojeraweditada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/zumute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc94c8730f9---dajewetexasanatukukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/69320921605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/70251209745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c74f11f9ae---motasuwipuzurobasunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/034b920bc00bce2338271a22cfcf351e/kavodapulenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/xenotapukokopujowomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e74640eff7---99799027858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c633e91f27---wafuzixada.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_off0000ea1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10235 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 77745d16281e6b336e4374e0e9897111eae2b8ba4e25d92007dd28362ff59fe0
font_02_sfnt_off000119dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DC 16428 bytes
SHA-256: 29cfba910f35ba1ea289128ff5944d51480f3928733c59fec4836f8382ef9efa