Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cd087bd405cbce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:59:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5155e1f07939aab4c900499bbe067b39 SHA-1: 45457573a224853a706b757e5d403ef73de14e1e SHA-256: 6cd087bd405cbce539c3be62f7a678250982ebeaeeeb77512d1542e80bdeb8ef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ps4+train+sim+world+2020+review PDF link annotation
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d64197de6---50730084930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dec57106acb9f8d8c398ef14d6cbfe8/kaxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kifaxebavunitomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41bff4a255bec26b730ca0e795c8c8b/ziwelisamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c05e3895ee---vatavukamatofogerot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecfa428eff---3782800271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/68489762617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/54932709288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca895d5571---8063829085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f79f8c516d4c9d7f639cd98bf9ee81/16077266233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84aca078d5778b03f62c4f33d92c62a6/36768214450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/befaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fb43b40af1bcd9bafd49ffb24a7ac58/4746510209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e112fb9e3821e0e6518f12e66bc7cb5/53085902317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/26836591582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/44308898704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/wewovozukawomimizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imu1mbr66cu6av27esglojsqeg/18341031921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29d1d1aceb---88478579509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d73bf9f1ebc7411bec263201d26d59/16223869538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a387b2940648def53d2c5b43580b21/47509854916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b806b4957227d4f6f96330b29e05a336/4145813057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/xeladofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e95d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95D 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 80f8cdd45d354f43febdb6383a5bc70afc1a8b80f4e0c5a9e67a5b7c39f778f1
font_01_sfnt_off00011871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11871 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 67048fc548f0d7ba345dd910aef4a5a0a59699a989a3a7654b2ef7eae3a9e393
font_02_sfnt_off000131b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1