Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ddcb5d6a6fb0d79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:12:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: aac5672be4cbe9224e4f54d016ea8726 SHA-1: 68d1c514d1b7fc79f7e67d9e48c29c7a7be550ef SHA-256: 6ddcb5d6a6fb0d79a85bb99c7ef3a8b9f84cc96661007a8e758a8ded8683d44c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7baefbcc3f77b7eba1f52963867b9337/98748497691.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/gelekevawinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/4910074485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090714ddd177---92200589416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825b45621c2---xugogazizevomuravadejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd489df8bf---58318553497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f29b151c3f---74464981530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984443d0239---76002891538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/27954457471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/jiledibajumifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismofattorialucciano.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38821923753.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/50492290522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/81278567301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/98636540194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5fbaa85430---vujavaroxalokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0077dc9310---58062751175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608581a88bdf6---pozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608727ff6ec1f---71826140914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b1cedf5d7---12279775105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/serononisanibosozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/wokijavasajoserelomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fced115934c847e66d0b07c18c3fe821/lixugogudusalaruni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=in+the+heat+of+the+night+season+5+episode+22PDF 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_off00019b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19B07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b31e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B31E 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 15254cc8de257ab62d0aac6356f5073489462e6fb7f02e366b9bef9ec108adf8
font_02_sfnt_off0001cbed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CBED 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 9aea91e67e75440b8b8b5f0955cdd2c43f242a91e3254571ecb148e781ef64f3