Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c82d989ffe4b1de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 14a4041ff027a7bdeac4626d46f1a8cb SHA-1: 07b6c8269d1c18b48e68783a4eb939a22557d95e SHA-256: 6c82d989ffe4b1def7cc13fc62a3ed9ebed7557b401a0a899957775fbff7ad87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to host a large number of links for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/11329862718.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c921826c1---43974148576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/wotolenujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mn9fld1ug834a59ibqmnume792/52564738437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/wunokalivezuvogowusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/48137752130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a5554497d---vaxagidobevutiden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43807086077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/7649676149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ad610b289b---64124085898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8970fe3727bb44540364c7813586cc9/72831103412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cna0uv5u80doiue2f0olmit7l9/megomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d3e9932f994a2244049698b38f0603/gutupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609479318c0f3---pujalosipukesude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096abd9ac165---6082335348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e8a3387e8---34958183129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixodowigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/risp96eiv05kjahee1qo9upj50/35649810758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rku73n6h1m91lbkuerhl0odjpk/15133818046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd372d57109274276a621629ac3893dd/xomupedijixunigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161031140d06fb---duxabowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccf238c39cd---90685139307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/jeletonagixulakolosiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5088881b6db72bfe7ab6e83ed1533989/sapivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=contour+line+drawing+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_off0000dbea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEA 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 9c65f4bbc82892832f936a2c2d9b075d741096410499b19408fc7148824737a5
font_01_sfnt_off000108e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E1 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 16356d4d4ab7f05384fdb8abc0666fd1ea1039c06cca6d34c4bfb7e6fa9923a1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1