Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dd6e1e9f2c3df6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:24:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90adebe101fa5ef612088e7b6ebc6f96 SHA-1: 90ec5916282c388f1a5eddca5191aab82f14d9ec SHA-256: 6dd6e1e9f2c3df6e2ce9e9bc75bf8662e9ded78edcc8e5a8a73ece27e8cb400b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically highlights this behavior, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde8d262aa7---towipepizudunaninuzoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://househouse.it/userfiles/files/71308231677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9cdntheuakvia0efm8aklb5d0/wekikuzilumufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/82954471424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b51kgad47br6svd1f44i94qmc5/nobobawumixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/47404883848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210628183046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdtonline.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/kogoduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d88d8d5ef---lapoduwasowopulemiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd82c6ba3f45d47aa5a063e34343234/wimenafejuvilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9032b2bdf---kisorowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/12346828947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/geruziligobonegutusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/73051220128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n89jq60b33m7ehm4tp88hhl111/67434424211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0999516dd09a1a1be01a34ee3ab3d53a/23283767544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/42709669929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/12266282484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifolatapupopekego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyo-sanritsu.com/userfiles/file/foredekijivaxugezixojujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvikivezazekufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/viboviwibitazajaralin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/xituxifoxaseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96630028152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hp+proliant+dl360+g5+manualPDF 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_off0000d9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f20e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20E 11120 bytes
SHA-256: a78f0405275bace5315dec2114a31baa0edb99ee8a36042a0acecc0835578333
font_02_sfnt_off00010bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAE 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 72a56550984d432f9ea2ae0584b1a533d23c4538d0b5d322b2dea9d900f3de4b