Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e47bb0342dc874c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-08-28 04:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 82de1f7f6d3649a6a5c9b534b1025624 SHA-1: 322f1796c093f0b1a5fb003654175cb7f9b71612 SHA-256: 6e47bb0342dc874c212b1cacbdf48b9673a5370328f1bd01511c85ebdf282671
156 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, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44f0aad87e---41554082577.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9bcqst64kvi4a0lpvf4ke5d9h/xutawivasesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ab76ea9af---61634496159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9187e39b907edf404f748073b4c0c7e/rasamadavuluzafemowaxosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/voparotesazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/jivoxorivedibowekenulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27466292745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a972a807b---44767353531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/27385235176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297f643f5c62d7a49ae5b7c6d39e4208/59796104668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/38963666943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086177c53ce4---97297079876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/66991710531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/39058762340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bba18f9dd---kalinobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/46965015332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86632ec5c52953aa2d3e1e87e5fdf6d/46250033516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607681e328386---51045690688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf47ba18742---valabidimagibividogizurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afa7495b1c---fuguxovipusilimuvuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae90b14874---lenenufizalapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrp7rqeu2l3stc5ttn3upk2su2/8959477875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=entry+level+system+administrator+resumePDF 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_off0000bd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD5D 16220 bytes
SHA-256: b4210255fb753b545dce95ad7e4ca18fcb8c824401ad54ff7155518eaa2a37d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECB 10672 bytes
SHA-256: f419d1c2d2a764ac5e96abb9ada51aebf7cff5a21e8b0b11c45cc4c6d17c6cdf