Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d10a3f8d75812ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:19:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 163eb8050afd6a611b3afb09d2096d91 SHA-1: fe383c3f34f76ab4c559fa94e9170e725d9282d7 SHA-256: 6d10a3f8d75812ea4dc28550f750b6c4bd886a5be99eafcc6e1abb59e0a78703
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=weighted+mean+score PDF link annotation
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/80740284663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/72051079319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/34159075270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5583eade5a94507957cb720f795431b/44647399561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10d3bd3492ca41d764fa1842331fe9e0/mejetetujesusezuxoronoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770fed78201---nafuludafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/15896487552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073553d00c82---29421748998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4af584188---biwagunefevenedusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612dd7fc3815c---kilametosofegebibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/61293203757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theaterbuehne-schwandorf.de/userfiles/file/15187250480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112846657ba4---97221960947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/sinivipevizakakatamemezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/relotoputibuzebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/1689402416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hren5bf0dso8o1tme7iedug0um/soferugezufawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24dad2557137420e7bdb4b06aa45f39e/nakesinegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f0215cae8---47639357395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangshi-you.com/uploads/files/202108280722009549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/18622376490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/71934667120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9af1adbead---zopurukuvulixekefironuwa.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_off0000e9ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AE 10764 bytes
SHA-256: e44c027f4e65f976dfc377468f790779e42e890383d7c056c94f9a44ca9eecd9
font_01_sfnt_off00010214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10214 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 497a5b88b1641c7ad3e944ae75c9a08898ed6c86eb0b875a9df74a3251257584
font_02_sfnt_off00012fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1