Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e8566d6d6e1de04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 097b7423497fe7e01dec4ebcb695ebb5 SHA-1: d08adcec95c5b798b2e6568f65615b52edf59629 SHA-256: 6e8566d6d6e1de04570b16e7c66cb4f57df5a1f7fefc4e649184a04e1c131437
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with known malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdjrh98n5ouf8r0h33debal301/josavomagive.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb26e3197---21944319320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/16557136141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0v9pt3rnmcmd3di46vedddige/39305771924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76f47424e5---fezazimevibadigejivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a967e234e14dfbef1aaa55277c7f8b0/kexedemixewexopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c53e850fa63d7de8b0ea99eb998cdfc/30096136822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/nafezodixomapoxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sesegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb3ac064b9---kedaxewapuwojiraxaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/29731813684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725bdb0900b---7184517060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a563bcffc---pabufopasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3e31faf073cb2a12428124f0ba48a1/53517422289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/6551291537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b0f0c591d1cfce432cb76513931c2aa/57690460005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/pepezekipusejuweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/81774941712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa7s0agkhffuq24d5d2heq7ej3/88811941855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bdedd8b65---renelavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ba60bc6c32abbac96d5f003a2dbef8/xesegadexubowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/285d1sffp2l3765sotpjqqhapd/98776297908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prlsdcmvhr6cgd6q6ks0vldqp4/29808273304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.cIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=east+asian+instrumentsPDF 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_off00010f33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001274a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1274A 10188 bytes
SHA-256: 827eafedbdffebfabfeb5f292c3cca46530180e7639f3e3bba6b57e05cd3ff48
font_02_sfnt_off00013e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E12 17836 bytes
SHA-256: bf2e4811e642da325df4dbb9b2cfac5ba1ca1fa0f904387903ed9373c22785e7