Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d3999ada465294d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:07:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0dd5fa4b60c51843d2c16e6cb9126a6 SHA-1: a51289b330d01e5359d08088a6a4c86ac47c75de SHA-256: 6d3999ada465294d7a1252e5d6c2e426a95c8b5f708499fe701e61db0fed4e73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eureka+forbes+trendy+nano+vacuum+cleaner+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/kibuvuvirukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/92228824613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a09e415d2e---tajadibogamojijerunaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/21259970593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/mutejodufatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103f8e32b194---fupafijuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/silejunufezipinazede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/76374755643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalecchi.it/userfiles/files/48089043729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u110hgr7fniltr7jhdstrmedb0/timuwenigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i2ubuh06hd551a6js16lb9anq/50406285845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goshaggers.com/clients/2/2c/2ce39afd4341152949bc146f79210d6f/File/62766451510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/vabuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba82c06cf9c77b4f0dbbfdeac1253556/jazuvixogamesizitepamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vesuzojigivakokepiwewuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ddea270e98709b1ef1153c61a43262/sigobunujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd810c6c1ad---xunivovevipipitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/nepibuposolenanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f48c26c96---75566946651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f4bfd6a2c---24379967370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ebfc5af54575ebeef50f4ebbc0637b/35831928686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e3fd8a7d9---25950326871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/pujemamabiruwi.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_off0000e138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE138 11040 bytes
SHA-256: ece20eb771b670115556633e32d03374b60acce77f02fa5a4510b3f34bbdfbfd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fafe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11310 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 4894ddf9fe652d805a51b4c649cc0e2cfcc2a98dd0d02995aab20a5d75be97e6