Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6df8890e3ff80731…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 04:08:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 94653b417676935add49ca05da8ee741 SHA-1: a74b0ad2699cd662e9452ce1de53cd9f0cbd126a SHA-256: 6df8890e3ff8073188234f05d71ae7920d75ea47eb643285867f4e129f8da561
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its use in malicious activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bohemian+rhapsody+for+piano+sheet+music+for+piano+download+free+in+pdf+or+midi PDF link annotation
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/57250484470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/vixoritudovodited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd6c1tgtebrt1h2lp339l82127/xepimogego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/vosewavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27762348348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/21932377546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d7581157c6ac5e410f4a2feafc1c83/mewodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1547070fb5fc2869b29d1ab2afe65fea/21910008989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvi1es29t718ro4mqrnihltu5t/49485503179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/gafadufasonorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415sl11uhnisel6klt82fo6kj5/63654984264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be73c07408c941171029de3e7e171556/85396946391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/zazaziximadimozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b6f1a1d5b---96174869057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/buputafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989a177ce74---tazowejovusaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97d6ed3f52---tizaruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cf6909d93---paxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949ec0b05e4---kiwadewerazadofola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/raroxidimisalepakajibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/wezepafuvifotixawudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/62556848971.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_off0000ea78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001028a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028A 17672 bytes
SHA-256: dfdcc03b115c6046e5c41af49fe605b6899e7fed7c24c389abd801de2bc1934f
font_02_sfnt_off0001310c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310C 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 777f7ae93dcc71e89952bdc68f93b8efd9527118382830103f501176c9b6daa2