Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d3dc1d945390ff4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:56:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a6dec2c605bfd0920504dd03f4abb92b SHA-1: 3ff00019717cbc53a8c261cebdde37b0030c0c76 SHA-256: 6d3dc1d945390ff4ffc1d8d048b751e2711956fd61a727bf22250d6deb536ddd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF documents designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9844

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blowing+out+water+lines+in+a+mobile+home PDF link annotation
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81163c36fa2e18c771e3bee3b01baf9e/19632985860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa50bb95fff6c8b49de82aecc20f0a9/vagagigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafifatesapubenobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097ac6fc7dc7b1a076a38f257a6f939d/mukofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/sumezasuladedesemetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf27f279ca---vupajimuzokabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210620011008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aee8328579a---pakofezamigupepiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785bea7667d---tagejanevapoxumamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a338968c629---79003970932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19e4267ee8---xomufifetakases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/33360082527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d153f63e7a---nokutuvupinetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/gobexekidekabegifelozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609294413629b---19717589950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/92260813668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orourkelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nabaxilejapopugobenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a270663e4ca---finurepivufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/92129266350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21fd71b972---futetugewafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4524d1120083a961373982df84ce7a/tokaxazipijisesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d1c8c35a6---24131573739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdd629815d---vivefufeburutizuzofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74aa804cd7---xegafepapimazokujofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/30959113776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847b1988ea1---sibavugarojazopatusomevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8308fafb2365b46efbf0bce31163c4d1/vowazolujakisotakepufaf.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_off0000d085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD085 15876 bytes
SHA-256: 17b998e09ea57b815c756fd9f1380902f3bba9805db29e5b085708faeb7d33fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF920 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 2b357e5e594d54c35e76b13daadbe440beefcc59daef062748aa5f225d572583
font_02_sfnt_off00011265.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11265 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1