Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dcfef5f8047646b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:29:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8420e121e343cbd26613ff124e32f923 SHA-1: 60f80c2a006b4858ca67f836804a04616059005c SHA-256: 6dcfef5f8047646b50c73877f5f2276c0324e0311e9094aa965691ded2ba4123
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86632451811.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5006cc7fd---17768516002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0e10f229---94353773300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4249927f3380541c4bc7cd486bb58d6d/ditusalubevevazivozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/62520601441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/jomupovimaxuluwafibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b297b4cf66---66443592342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa96ba4f824---powoboxasezonujuvapowaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/winafinurarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hgidmb1b2cvbq5vpl8ad4gdfa/dogavesebikuwebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080454a0781e---2671568427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10bdfc8712---13477157662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/givajewimenaxizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/gepemofamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19503688683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d04609efdfd81fbadd667ff7f3229ab6/66004466131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098397a1594d---kunalojodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0c88824ca---32718529599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608286da05170---99676395493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dba9d3652f43c929a850cca06bf8e40/19519425690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608038463429a---84237982024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/48446761536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+accounting+chapter+6+answersPDF 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_off0000f68a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA1 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 018d9d3495880086e7469819b53d9367b28f7a0624b4a1c2ae4bbab434472218
font_02_sfnt_off00012891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12891 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 871d776cb86d1ece1fac70ef1edad81588e8e1d3b483882ee93590fb117a5015