Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ea60f397f43a1a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c1b94ff9b1f51c06d7adc455a29358a3 SHA-1: 7d2713133bbce47aeaae36c4bc7388e623ed7240 SHA-256: 6ea60f397f43a1a7be001b98a17badff49c69112ace685aa049a1efc2dd883e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories across various disposable domains. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where users are lured to click on links that likely lead to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e4dd7192a---74394039941.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/23693222857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lmbjoqqhjd237vdjal2b5v85l/47364362236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869d06d7502---28612977263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28a702309f---dijinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1analt4n8akarb849hqanfutib/64325396896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070850f0b530---datikodifodemawoditive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/86878609201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/84879883715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1tjc3vv0a69717gg2d5nd9n0h/13461115669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0492451f96d5474bce12a3157ff95bd6/28024419860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/pavuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5auo305rko9t6n8uo1jbiluo98/37890659775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915fem7rsfl3bovgqoujf7vfn1/41890667494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e8095ec70db96055ed37020b9ada11a/7165267109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/mufusonifipozowodalisat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bea2a96fc9879ebe0179bab2f73569b8/guxawabopirarisafedijurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f2bb707aeede070d8b13e309451abdb/vekukepevujiradaneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e2cfc7950---lorebupalijoridinuriwapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607881275a499---zumakunumotuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f31255f43c---popepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607612d55f295---36051971931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745699b408a---99378213381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/28170325372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=consular+services+meaningPDF 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_off0000dd7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7D 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4513edf3540efa23289b314ae9388dc85ec271ce3e6b393fbcbfb9c23bcaa2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FC 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 03e31123087afcc25578d6d32e17c21ff4faa55afe01b4dfb36b8c2d7a3636c4
font_02_sfnt_off0001223f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1