Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6de2d0b9907df82e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 21:09:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 511711203dc8e2b0188342d42aace4b5 SHA-1: ee847ff22c7539ca6d4314f54f4eeb3a801f3d8a SHA-256: 6de2d0b9907df82e277b953b5073bee5b93ad3c453e6c2084f0dee6439e3582e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a malicious link to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/70024653610.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/961094826111166ec0c5e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/xisiderufujefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9076203af2---dakenajefinadupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/040547129804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3fc5e46f28---zozekekufarugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/segixuzutanapuzedireduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newezipakazidulusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/xefujotuzino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/59862411761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083093f9f554---39370323527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e778000d76c---15768691428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/musogotaxakunijuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekesusotewade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/jibolirezevuzabexewotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45926057140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c0da76224---62291531797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/didugupefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dblbtech.com/userfiles/file/57513703861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b5c287046---45941000408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/rasililalerakazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80bo5p8j8hal6fi24l3cbr499k/pavilivivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ef4815288e---linekevemulekoragubokugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f73925b4c7ebdca6d8cf51235ed3811/torupajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/84318359910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+calling+someone+bunny+meanPDF 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_off0000e34d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34D 11064 bytes
SHA-256: f742f5d6c298b28241eff38e70806a2013bf203c673552742f32c33186c2fe98
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAD 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 18f48b274572c781e476afc43435fb404fc0b464bef8063f7bc75919ddd82584
font_02_sfnt_off000127e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1