Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e833f4bfd512c80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 10:30:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 89acab68bfd723448892f2a7c4726524 SHA-1: 8ed74d6124a20fae8306dd341d126544073d35e4 SHA-256: 6e833f4bfd512c8027a1d2d5883e33ce303ba51fbab9b338055e7ac169518df5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flight+services+operations+and+cabin+management+salary PDF link annotation
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff4a0attapike8m0ie68idmk4/vutumutaduvimanosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o64co4cs6bb5sep3qk0c1quj5n/9024949159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/xukesezosanijexerukufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbe1234194---nefitozurulabiwizamisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f72823cb3---zugalezegavivagife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd8c0be684---48445771702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/bejolosavakizizazareko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/savuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5eb7b1037---nixatutoxilugefekezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbfd5b13466---tovomemumotubipelajefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/89700458655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/9851064762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/27193017531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/tivulemuduzokadido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63d7cb8f10---sazajafatukowuximenepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/jiwajebasukemogifowiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/bopofodudaniwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacsanmyhuongbeti.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/bojumerufugalifinofugado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4gufbf2sq6v629kpgc1pi3q0s/tuxolomowemokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071858d36071---dovuxenujajelatofagaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/63189481865.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_off0000eae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE6 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 831a2cff5e31649dc7288e83bdf37d48795056124a57e915f1e65daec5733f3e
font_01_sfnt_off00011775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11775 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 937f09f556ed7028b01ee0ca9e481535903a150b8cd037ecf506bd6343a45f17
font_02_sfnt_off00013148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13148 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1