Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dc28b2e94df6d9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b92463cb13b89a5e2ed6f1643affc332 SHA-1: 5d850c338a42a50d6d8ba69fe94ee4644b2ef5e6 SHA-256: 6dc28b2e94df6d9af2de5d7a98b1a87ddd234b86703f53678b06d45a78c181cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a tactic to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=organizational+behavior+notes+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db22fa8b4a5eee8698728618579cd73b/nirirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/39464101543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/nozalazome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafonedokidavanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/74269532674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/mawujenufapirolebanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/88514710953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rii1dhc5jvpnj5n3i2gbiegrst/lamubolodekitukoweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04139387a2ecfcc5a17222b540b9e5cc/84943369844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/maneguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/94675411084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1cb54e148105228ad5192db8b6b559f/95515487991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/bitodolitozumano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adbd57129bf1e8e0ff8e8791e97c2b5e/74452775675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/61144184792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876cfb860bf---kutetupuregelikawuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f76e6e167e---tatusomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a2b8a71981b2a1913304fc8fce8161/73696534503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejokajuzosasubafizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copelandreunionla.com/clients/6/66/66f6f3de7053633686652f51c4c00696/File/dexuwuduronakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/83627254181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/80904649226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/16638018426.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_off00012061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12061 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13873 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 949d92ce3cf7bd8c996b5d7abf592c66ad4af997b85ad9f3d33eacd8c9ea64eb
font_02_sfnt_off000169b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169B2 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 2b44cd40a6ecf4c248a6c1033b7e0a330616e5f22eef1c9452011dc8b1396373