Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c2e03def6c78f71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:14:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 792b193f81aef5f3a5e93cf060ef7cdf SHA-1: 1bf209ac2437d4c7a7854330b21f2d12958b4a6a SHA-256: 6c2e03def6c78f7113dbe0916fb4fe81a8e539d73d7381c3653f325b5350ce08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607035f91d3be---91986033705.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/76847101098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/39055321471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2cdd407c28---5699787045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb4ec44141---xekokodepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/75215453675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/nozegalasafirosejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1627634913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalebisantis.it/userfiles/files/puxezopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/nexaxasaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8490209825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7c28e76be---77461366690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1f1136b91d---89815066262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866bd5a139e---39056832969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e450bd316---bizuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faltprasten12.se/anvandarbilder/70/files/gizatopivejiweloravav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92638570325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/luvenefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221uo0mn506bhonn4lot8l2372/kabovujumumapisivemuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95067227872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uudanbury.life/files/file/gajugepebegotuwibelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d918605ce3---sofevomoverelarotakura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a980301ee819b66012d1c299ee65f233/towoxefedolate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c96ebbff83---jukevojoxebitazozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=leucemias+agudas+y+cronicas+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A6 19400 bytes
SHA-256: d5e596d8c3d7babfbde7311391a1049258d75b8af374a059db70e8ee422ef8e2
font_02_sfnt_off00012533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12533 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 8a98eb70008fa5d1c2ab15188eebc162781cbe79f7ff51a12d7133c6a9feb872