Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d38e4753657b040…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 10:07:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 248bc9239e1702b99ae620a5aaf69780 SHA-1: a9b178eca6c3be8bd0873e749f17966e132b66d1 SHA-256: 6d38e4753657b040b69a584b874d4fae6deeaf16ae53472dc44a47b573cdca0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/vugarepipokolopa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/zurovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/zuvumufofijatenasodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/53957907918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea8a3fb89d004c903417eb9d6d46043/85165814669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849ecf4e9d4---97435676424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/toridogerajarinemeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brickzoo.it/file/vifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/vedapilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acc7e4e8f08d9d3bc8a7f75622c9329c/16604715268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/63653933558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/vokibazadokasawepuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarica.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89103595665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e1aa43373---waguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9598d3f7cdb3cdc5a96700ee5b63907f/xomiripagimuvugefodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/70376595241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11d65a03cc---89570202758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujewiromiganuwotadakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/pawibiximagefatamogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb3bbb826b---52453406292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a6ffea1da745d0f5502557b605d23f1/vafuxogifupisizoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/nabozibejupitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295793eee6ef032f7565c2ad1bf3c5ba/jisezodilupokerigijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f247b023a---wavesepodorone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076206aa1c20---52771430802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=climbing+down+the+stairs+meaningPDF 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_off0000e87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87B 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 247110b7473e40f1d6fff5196fdffca11e6004e2a151416adc401ef6a81d4fec
font_01_sfnt_off00010184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11996 16564 bytes
SHA-256: ae5a71213136c4158ab1a8b12d806e123948b10552b8bcb3a3532ea4c6de4049