Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dc35dd1e18ebf56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:07:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0d32648d59fcc1d10d2c453e686c1faf SHA-1: 335d069aa346347a1955035d55525c89aae67c0c SHA-256: 6dc35dd1e18ebf562153b787ca467c4d7fb19ab2dc6e05d0cc5507999198323d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=boss+tu3+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a7b0b5e23---xeliwasepelipekepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/suvaxofuximedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/62896317044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117bf71665b67dd941c943ba64b74c15/banup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877a3469cd7---11168794138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8f8ca399522914ccf3742e9732f3c4/kevevexirefipixaluwumuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d864e5cc129---13735147950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6747ede11---88284297809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5385ab8beb67be20bb0de0ca03c99a21/37363010822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8fc89003bb---78026740266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/bewevedizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79132e3a18---97300232441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/dewubufuluzaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/farodadigadamisesurixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/taxesobubopizarepojuwariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004fc1f49ce194dbf25079ab70f42c13/89815107673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46004812788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a108879ca---98520230506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afc100011c3e3b31d6435594ae6a8490/palotawanaxivapajavoduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a2c4909c8---dimubafopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7edb21ff1f---nilowafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38dad156dded0a196c3454cbb9266887/83850510286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608751581bfcb---7853923975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/9023038606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210524130110114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed6bc1c1a5341cfa526350244eac298d/debisuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/kuvaxomi.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_off0000e975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE975 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 8f163d7d29a52b62d4f3b47ed3e05915644b3372401a13a155d24e1005005612
font_01_sfnt_off00011815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11815 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001302c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1302C 10504 bytes
SHA-256: deadf5134da7d77452f13d2b2a9e662e875302c31f9667c5fc5a4537fcf317fd