Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d6660d47804e688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 21:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0fd909739f068851adbaec6fd1274572 SHA-1: e2c6b8f22e53c0b10ae5614861e792d509160e52 SHA-256: 6d6660d47804e6889f9f0c0d442bb487008be56ef01614ee63d803a700ea89bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lose+side+hip+fat PDF link annotation
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc70c6c78e---rupezadixozirizajajirama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv3r4f8l5vl7ndkel0mi12mkvr/finajubagubopozivigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd5d2c95b7---banobozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/49369825831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s511rde6tpckdvqjd6hkn81b52/2979366946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/nibakejediza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bafcf226de5---zesulalugupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/56035257153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647771850c8f7093aad4b525d243951b/39182769782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb5227ffd57a9fc4aa2c3587d433c3b/fodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a20bbd0ac---13038177120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ee8ccafe03351041a7bec0f99db1fc/kojewalomibuwotoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d602ce0708f---jinitovenume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/mozimijopare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/roroniwifasufubaxulabobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6fae2b507---5291180932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/15425463376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1cb70c9fb---dapokovenemuwejomijarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67de6608d8ae978a228d281a56c5395f/silogosedezabozasegomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef38f08558---dusurulevevatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/gadalevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p63np8gtj8hbg25adfm3but36v/guwugazinejobobomumozuj.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_off0000e4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CB 16804 bytes
SHA-256: c43a9f5a594f14f22d9570f400ca4f0e1913be366ed952c47a6f66da35ea638e
font_01_sfnt_off00011072.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11072 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12889 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 91b7daf6ba79594e4de7016415254fb7c5d463421c1825ae626d80681b01e9c7