Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e3ee274077e890d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 12:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1c58c1697aafb800e8b0dfdd615e10fb SHA-1: a31260aa40f6e31371803647e1a59faceaf7a076 SHA-256: 6e3ee274077e890de0339aa366f08fafe4872757028dafed39a3fb684586f2af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve to distribute further malicious content or to manipulate search engine rankings. The presence of these links and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e62f1791f6a---90190186256.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e41a9f700cb---36886755744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1423ee6a5636bd5d4e7c5bf5750c86ca/faxifezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/bugufasapada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/8187101951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba255e9287942011bd0d4829cabc9c2b/bebemutolivaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085aaf83edff---wagofesokepumezive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/88421951645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3b7abce9---30256920153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58478158996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/80703439280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/vusoniregeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptare2lt3qntc1hq8utq1fmq22/38185159714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/bixozijifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/mibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef0e0bf468---mefosaforegufajivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b42cc9d3c---70045121268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4116c624c547c55adf47baeeedb5bd/zizunetemasotano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddfbd64babd09b447e774adbf07f13bb/mowaforunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fll8d3cmuh6itrmqv18jprfluu/67980058112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e427aeb9b4bb882e90bf68dd20d79238/83488079499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2199c99ca---18962244159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51rch5m0r5kr8n87892tri4ma3/78356385648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210507165856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/34918850959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e2de029d7---biwafuruvopavukodeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/jelixofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98fdb33759---jilinejawanazunidakuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dorsal+cavity+and+ventral+cavityPDF 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_off0000ed12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED12 16472 bytes
SHA-256: 414a8ce172c806ecedb5d8ff9190bbfccdb57a40f5da90020f9b4c5c5ba37690
font_01_sfnt_off000117c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FDA 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 33d4fe8073b9705e66b6e67a5ad79af41cf23017b376270ad8b1357e63c63822