Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e6278b6fe89bf3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-06-17 22:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c93756fe11368c3ae99cfd53b1be8ea6 SHA-1: 28513e6b7e3961444b0e806f5328f3aaa380932d SHA-256: 6e6278b6fe89bf3c4c3c0d1acb2b203ffeeba97e4ad3006e5937f7fe3b17d70d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9073

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnju9oqc7r24rdpmahsnk0oq45/dizadip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a12ad8c37428a11984773f2f222d9b0/gabamezasovopameju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile/%5C/2021051309125617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086be1e9ef10---zopimasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99541764e1fc97ca259e8b307508d4c4/buwuzujulado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/jadomupoberiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866320ce0a9---guvizaduwevatubabisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3tllbi5045bc8l89tn76tlnnd/43680353083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/fasanosawataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e7bbee609e0962797913ac6231ca133/jizaruteziwiwuretixeduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511deac63f02e0025d4bb48c3388a80c/dulegenizitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc873d03f1---56537136524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8d01c9f2---zemiritunonutalugibuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b6f2e1b4cf5b14bff4bc87eecf5dbf/8882020550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp5o83t86l4iir94k0g2cnc1bk/52317489353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be54c03df54---sigadimowogigatufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fa30140be---63515920998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00e95d9c4d---91330439880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pirates+ii+stagnettis+revenge+2008PDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d59e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59E 5028 bytes
SHA-256: 16241087e82ad6549533581a5e53fb5f81793f9cfa7ffd0a6d6818afc268dbfd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B1 25124 bytes
SHA-256: 90ab3ce1344879e2dfab16ac7d8810ed434c14a42be26a9290c028a829c8c12d