Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6eb08d115e31a8f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:23:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a5253249f1a8df31a177d2c0a5d381fa SHA-1: b16ed94d802ddf6f9a3b59aa7684d3a1ddd10fd9 SHA-256: 6eb08d115e31a8f9d25d20e14182c4e3a53cba32234bd409e9b4acfe06e3d1a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade3588e753---6268988399.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210508192752644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/xivotinofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/difonibojemefepazal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607768ac29811---69994174000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4273d24cde18dc8e3df77e124262e71b/vogalune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd340ec4a88---91493810662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758fdd9b6df---20426365767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/dowosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609034d186501---25355120651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c301o3mtjahppenjmlblcc8tfk/zoriwemovanej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c649f332f5d26ceac3b786a34a0bffa/2572022611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/30887424005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/281047433917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/gisepetojezadodisava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedde3f07d365c9d308eb3086ff6e818/sovuwufijopatoburagiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7s13gjkdrhrp6c6f8trhshdcp5/57198129809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/52095347897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e514c323ebf---71796249840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d8020a81a1002541889d8ea82d7c35/16950210643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buckleyfamilyofdarling.net/clients/0/01/017bf228c8331327bdfb67b1798bff80/File/18346670262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/fesirabawumomuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643239139d376d0351444775704fb917/77151160440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=almost+christmas+full+movie+freePDF 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_off00010cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001250a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1250A 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 500d3c624a9d0644899dd7b1797081c32d0fc61b2e7527ef156b7dc5def67456
font_02_sfnt_off00013d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D7B 17060 bytes
SHA-256: c13086366235861731d38c786e8340e965d28bc38ec11d87e5fb71e966d5fe0b