Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c75c5701c57c6ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 88279d113a422059ea4223625c37620c SHA-1: ce756885ca892dda2501840291b36fc7611a6b3b SHA-256: 6c75c5701c57c6ce1491c825719cd3468ad42d911d54606a8d10977f0a009907
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports the attack pattern of directing users to potentially harmful sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4b2dea053a---26100518509.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/purukaxixajenubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ce074a7a---relir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mupefanulopebose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/39590858074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bf4c13a21---dadimozesenagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768330d815---tamepujediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba92932c130cf424d0907d28a23922b/20692083355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef1800a9ae---77402119970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021622195293023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-7///2021725131986690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/lesifujemakobisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uk9in1gb1urgn2la3nd0k098v/kiletefixaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/vedajijutixasedujilefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fcea612f4f0af5abe6dff41be48307b/jejezagizitizexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acq35backnejjej8q21ooagtoa/tizumumilamevofavaxanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/15436943983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9eccb4ba8---17606575660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85aac26711f41270422795a05e3f9908/kemuxuwabirugifunewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/41914188354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161203534343bb---dolemuvadujunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/xapuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=cross+section+of+a+plant+and+animal+cell+worksheetPDF 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_off0000ba3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD251 16120 bytes
SHA-256: e53b1804f2eb3caad7556662a669a57c4430834195c0e0b854a36f9855e58c11
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC7 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 07c8dc639e03f4523afaf4a3afe342e47d37632f6beb3eb8d34db0f36abe3cff