Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d63f349bef4d940…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 05:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 714d29767bc25c317a8775695dd3d45c SHA-1: b6933e4cb89e20e0920155a2ca6747d3a7fbcf5b SHA-256: 6d63f349bef4d9402e6395ac48af75ab79fb7de500169b73a3550e7d64d6dcca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These URLs are likely intended to lure users into clicking them, potentially leading to phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+de+funciones+exponenciales+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160948fd67e7b1---38594695675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dc9cea882---45519888721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66d9b87479---20908302224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/715ea27d742ab019f7a0ac04aba7512a/19463361845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82795455993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/6310683677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/matefibewinola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitefamilyreunion2020.org/clients/4/4c/4c64578d40ee165aaf486c9a1ef3309b/File/82253007179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3eb9e526fa0904bdec62bb2d83fd36/lilekedomemikazakiximel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/72318641459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/30819993869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hms31.ru/img/file/33236024270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/74400496588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/zexetinerisegimonaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7uoc7v3edam602gc7am1ccd01/21795952109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/kefuwejaxuvepomifojotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/1731253461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9735d92ea3---27252987596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb0091f5e42ad195f017a2fc66aec06b/zibagenegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/4826717961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/bipofaseratazoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b953acb9f---riwakafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a246a8f3f4c---1430113068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/64663222875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc1c92cfcd7cea924214adc0c53d67a/77776512077.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_off0000f46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46B 11024 bytes
SHA-256: d1a0e60e24b9cf23358105a97d5d010aedb9b315e072e48e040c17a54d0e9bd2
font_01_sfnt_off00010dcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E1 18616 bytes
SHA-256: 0e4fe8e96738354b22d4196bfe9bdf339008d1debb0490e2d475142369c52303