Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d98d3118335dba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:04:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 105af9883e68454edc4abd30d15f1573 SHA-1: 9d06134f0b0acd70648cbb2711c9e8e4e3ac87aa SHA-256: 6d98d3118335dba2c82a815d074846c1215b94711f13eb540412e721afb26f01
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload sites and other potentially malicious domains. The presence of multiple unknown URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest an attempt to manipulate search results or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5uephr9dfmfo0jl5bbr9j3upn1/diwiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/fifanaduguvesomesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297ba7e351aad4fe23cfc0d704f5854c/16577075678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210716173017_ci4m4g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/kagojafasoxeloputizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qehjhmpl07tv18ibruvas3rav9/kulepazoxuzotutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/34171121885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9b399400d---kurog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/diremuzujawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/terabipuvuwagadugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24410188972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7153c704988ce9f5a4a96bfa14dc7498/88493600509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f10bd35d2f---25249023460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/9049697339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df4264587f9151135e8bf800de8866d7/berobusiredevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/guvapakelifeleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ba7a33910---14034929254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/51518035975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/36102861951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ee7378474---xatimekabavuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5db828f78---sifepotetegivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06f05c42db---bofifubimuginoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dozatidoziserut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/gudebapudakidivevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5360100bf5---logijiwatobupanegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=does+chanel+clothing+run+true+to+sizePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF3 16288 bytes
SHA-256: 47701b8b47c77a0cf28aefe4b4308fedd425eff3654fefb6465933fee19e5195
font_01_sfnt_off000103bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BD 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 0024fc07fbeb801a72a3337d93e24d41ed274b99c25b7d5d22e254a7c8ec840d
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001343c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343C 17756 bytes
SHA-256: e2bf045fe7694c674f20b5e1acc0252e3e8741da89b88e4117abdb44bbf95f82