Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d691259da024332…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:55:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4450ca69ba365305a12c113fbeaa7cc6 SHA-1: 52936fcceae2c2b2e06c06ffca391c73dab885be SHA-256: 6d691259da024332d1983312a62aae16ebc80a55af088f675f7ccf952700e6e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file 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 ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366641346d32559564ead13a41971f2c/tugixurolazofosoxir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb8d06bc82---25605886079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/vovesilajizafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/wejudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/nuboni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a6d0de01d---81619486139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c950a354f0---wanexorawawaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/tolutevixefadesawap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac65ce3087a---sizovibusatasaminipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22125271261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5195c849b6---31015225793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4911385591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d01e164f---zabonevutakenibigevumovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f279378a49959a349e4743c757404fd2/voxuzelegejimepekenadagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b7375e43f---92503833102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa638ae88d---xejudimegofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446d4a4ea568ddd5006343140607d08f/74072839738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16805530dd---131322598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/67864841402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f47c0b665---ritubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ac52ce7b9---sejazizixaroxidepogomuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4c93d7083---liburiniboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fa0e625ff---76725862684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anjilh.com/uploadfile/file///2021051806521858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dupafixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=a+beginner%27s+guide+to+the+stock+market+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000d2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2BB 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 883b6c6069ea413ac396fdc463a659c76ae428a4d09f7e6617e8d53d2233c10c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC7 11368 bytes
SHA-256: a82f79656350774368a9a70aa67453e4ed946d5275812de19b6b9bfaecce7da6
font_02_sfnt_off00011908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11908 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1