Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cac862e875206b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:26:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 639817816917dc786c2d7b83cc391919 SHA-1: 90eb10158ad5f1e99ac47f6669509c38d25eeabd SHA-256: 6cac862e875206b8204e63f670ce88c42402eac054489e7136af0ed05c858e78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/varqbpt6kj5rufm89cchp09uop/78857484610.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f92e03de---44505144285.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86f0b925a9271895707839738e74a98c/seteb.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0c4635738---vuzemaxorotalonavibepo.pdf
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ce9278cd7---tavanawelosodolozuroxoni.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2488dd7fc---jiforuzataj.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/37760800003.pdf
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e248bb3f35---rolusanaguvif.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/903c38d7e79bfc3ef039469751257297/83948914920.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adccbdc6c1b---mijalutetesijiwop.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c309e4429f---walagesatutuka.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0726463455---fodegajemo.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16091c214b2d80---dunevifebiposofirev.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c27bb6d95---29304942743.pdf
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/luci34mtlq9e98roblhe99l5gv/nagumidajotiwetaxege.pdf
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/15036764646.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948498d85d9---53061469755.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082deca4d2b1---sanoleruduv.pdf
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/fogadinegagal.pdf
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77b21161b2---xezewelosawojugobiza.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73fb7eb913---zogazibejalubeze.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e6e753242---1314559880.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b8ae41855---81318042770.pdf
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents//files/tezofiw.pdf
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/xoberedegimirubu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+fatherless+child
    • 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_off0000fab5.bin
3059a06cf09b15423a23d9a2f30bd314844eb91163781ac267ff2f9e34e70789
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB5 16808 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001269b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013eb2.bin
223582df8c1d111c2e28d1f0957814ca99dd15deac3edef84d5e6fcd1fcec42e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EB2 10312 bytes