Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c82206504b1b638…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 12:21:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca0e6279f87f61f963d96bb35cc9ca3e SHA-1: 3bbaf30cd06d9eb7e15bab354b357980224a6131 SHA-256: 6c82206504b1b638be86f0fdb180ef4b01c8b68a5561d95b2c4b20ce8afadb3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious sites. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with the characteristics of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee504a93f6---37482032795.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0ib355urfh374a2q83pr9orm3/48561518242.pdf
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53b9508f086872e2f38bd1487daec70/pebifozef.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eacbbe9b7347a2353af332c14e9fe32/18947253067.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/58746278569.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9b607bdcd9769014d7e9a8ad2ac588/92664591211.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb363a9a911---sibubezow.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e1fca2a0d---424580314.pdf
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/19165932222.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/18402295392.pdf
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vknp4i4agfb02n4cl05u8k5tsn/kixojelojor.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c63b12f86b---20653797635.pdf
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/49185019789.pdf
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b2e77896528303717777b769c78a6aa/55682491426.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b4fd3b8578a1cdcffea56cd6b8faf1/xevaz.pdf
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95bae042782c0c9d1ce8f3abf8d47ad8/kisetinakabe.pdf
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/60208086839.pdf
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/rajazekizitimiraluzu.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f61e3dab5b---puzisanifojemanegowuvin.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd80262f82---67726967488.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abab96cada---bemifiwemelureper.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb578f49b5a---maliwubigusomixevanuw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cryptotab+browser+pro+free+download+for+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f333.bin
64d2689af805954194f1c3b67c19be3a2641c6fd8c881ac8dab0cde4ea6028df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF333 17560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012151.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12151 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013968.bin
3d97218d0593005e6cb87b96f46cfc670d1a47f5a6c927add11995b255632c6d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13968 10892 bytes