Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d6408ff4dd354b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 00:51:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5281943925833e61515df52a000bbc8d SHA-1: 0aa61dbde173b22b344f42af968c25819c9f6146 SHA-256: 6d6408ff4dd354b266821290c6048e54142ab87535bf89d2a872b43daf92874f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards malicious URL redirection as the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5hthpuospttql355n8dnqn0r8/sebeve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///99701886462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lnog75lrnbmhlkn0jbvn1c9m4/zepewineboweziwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8b1667b3---79992240845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae3a49576f---25629721212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/67578660997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/pebafiwatalifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf8k6sm89vvlg9nl0jp01r1ng3/66525721138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/xomoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deaf55c0dc1---37624693974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgte8r310kqn6hc29g8dp524ib/todanufesotivodibotulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/38743685131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0824bddd8b8693b813a92e862fdf6e33/zonubibowujukixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01e082a68e---95370448146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/sutomixibutosufotome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d0b3cb34e---6663312469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e614b36f3---69293642582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca5d7c0435b2781f3742847f7dd6984/53308587274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cfe904625bd13946718b753c7f90f84/pamuwubopomogefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/janagepiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujedibexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plnt7a4qfvpi9irvtg7357n4m7/finojikoxeterijujowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/menubotujusarugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/041fdc79a5adf5737e9956e78d1ea39d/ranirabadonawopibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=find+differences+between+two+pdfsPDF 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_off0000e241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE241 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 02276096cc886b07bddcbb105cb9860d7dbeee03d4c86f873782a95b1866299e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA66 17928 bytes
SHA-256: bcc0c4aaf83f03839b5d01b9095f3b4152ea2e5aef8ac71a213779271063b6d4
font_02_sfnt_off0001295f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1