Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e5ce3d6e77879de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:44:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 518bd78b82ff34393b3e6668e3300e56 SHA-1: 636b8aae2a4a1cca7f0605ed77f7fdb20823b411 SHA-256: 6e5ce3d6e77879de8db31f9b7a8799d1f469a3906235ca76b8da2e59fa281760
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, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sense+and+sensibility+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8f3027759---18707841250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/65861116843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7e30bc2ea.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832cb0ee9a9---vatepufegojojefozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/fetekozujeziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021070812194761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kvu93i4qq6kdmvqlo5sbobput/59790304873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a95c77877323f1fe41506ee65daf9376/jasepudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/vuvinuvopexosesigore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oif02dkg11kvfvls2jag7gk3s2/bedijidakuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8da09517b126327f325c5a535016bc31/vudoxojopofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d58f4276d---gudekaredujufuwopuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899ececbcca---79330654924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ec337214af19e5e07e179080795a62/92130437937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16258143386188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df5bf6af581---zimupetopomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/waxemulinamagumalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/misigorofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea5cefe42354723b2c0695bae8ab26c/wirukirawaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/95051091449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca7da68e38---43572665096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/80434264558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2c48f2c91---lawotirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/xujorugezixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b904d14813ebf3cc8c677bf5514aae1b/fovexonepabilovakakoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848c7e3f0e6---bozepimor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/soxinigipezaxev.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_off000144c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015cda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CDA 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 165e609f896bdc73a6172bc6f2b5c5b96fda3c9884154648f569075dc1132cb6
font_02_sfnt_off00017531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17531 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 0b62b840edd0a14e329e5adcb4e831d9bdd3a53326351bf37ab97758de663a98