Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6db535aae6792327…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:54:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8245fa6e46753f2c6c189bea7c1c8ebc SHA-1: 63b077a99529c96049bba41706e4b603e7bf4205 SHA-256: 6db535aae6792327b0a02452ff78656f8a7a818c1d89bd708ab7946da932b9f6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and an IP address, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall pattern points to redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a1b681e5b---xegofepimawuguf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/10833151973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenforrest.net/clients/76790/File/8431234960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/tosadelufagelubefefuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/60682804415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/moridepajugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7a407e5823---3936907482.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/57839863963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/misufuzifuduzuwewumoragon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/62731144911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/87463081026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0aad429bf694b52acd052a9ed5e7b6c/kumenosekadazoweremukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee5dd6be62---siregaxekisirosorat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6505223a0bb571a77d9b7fd38a9ad339/66522547940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/77827885514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/39834153606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/xosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineerindia.com/admin/userfiles/file/fewumapoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/zufefojulotiduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetozaragro.ru/load/file/govaxabimizoteliwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejibetutizabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96315969891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=history+of+communication+devices+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_off0000f1fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0E 18400 bytes
SHA-256: f4eb5a95ae445dc4743ea1d5d4077cfc11f7553e1401fcd4688f8c799d5d6a36
font_02_sfnt_off00013964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13964 11004 bytes
SHA-256: fdf0546238c27b0310e7497f0065ab280768d0b6b0f69a328866dc657c8a646e