Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e8715681c74cd2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:43:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 83ead9eff500792f1154e281314a5ed7 SHA-1: b1a82bf5eabae976f857d73c7a47a55b5450f858 SHA-256: 6e8715681c74cd2b33c9e64ac8802a80144f98f155f31d084c3e274089600b20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to lure users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/8799264553.pdf
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba383bc1f4---42852700897.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47878ffe6e8864d88189911408339803/42272588168.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53650f31161dc0b384accf77ccceeaf5/nudigiwafuduti.pdf
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/22168989108.pdf
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/2809883072.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc2e12703---92923890623.pdf
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a56dfd9bac9ead7dd38105d661d669/donogirizudedagegizi.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6195ac6d4b---niwudir.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9298086305abe21612a30a0b8a5b5b0/govinojijikuxadezaton.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9609eee93---jomoseretirolitomubib.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8934c37951d1a1ba3c4496364e51b170/mekirilakolutu.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/496ed211eaf1a887e6a0618694c53744/pubinaxonoselamuzil.pdf
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/demozowarozumonite.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfee99811c---senigotibekuboxozikak.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f56b7abe44---pomotasowapikuwiwezak.pdf
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52da97bdc058d8ac61ad044ee3013196/99669219186.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/givj6cagf1c9iae54ut6d2n0i4/29854313048.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4utttffqokc0at89hunf6bqfb6/59609446003.pdf
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/63808092352.pdf
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/70605254366.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n53sc7890ovjll5aote8r60132/46763462358.pdf
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/58760359927.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///sowepabigegurit.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=copy+and+paste+stars+and+hearts
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c0dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0DD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8ee.bin
0b7d176642db4023b995cfd523d40600c91285ba4118ad0f2a6d6d9dbdbe6e4e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EE 17100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1cf.bin
9e8c970fe49dd208c3533155ea1838e499078dc9e3dc36537cf605b1e1ddf2f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CF 10496 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000109af.bin
d5eaa0f6b60f0f5db50d64faf4247279c6b029c42ef0e08042021054fc00c86a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109AF 16928 bytes