Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ed0800c39b8a096…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:14:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5df8f0de9184ec9122781329ec40ed38 SHA-1: 59d52d33377219b6faed45f222fef6210d76235f SHA-256: 6ed0800c39b8a096db3c56b8edd9b6f792acc991736ec5789df60a37d3ce8642
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it is used to distribute phishing content or further malware. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the embedded URLs and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03435bc8c3e145675361dc87c0148e5/vokabu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mrbossamktown.com/uploads/files/xonijuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eda15809f---fosodinozikibimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/81596981741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f620abc819045f0a175788f8df8be275/jelemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34835c8d0---jurijiporaxikesesowupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29cc2a842ea07cbf4de0de0626f8d882/xetuvizagawarufebipijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741713655b1---bopepudasisobimezawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/nexuzafotuvevivapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210715_235925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a1989199aef2ec74ca46c6d41cc0d86/mekisokaliladumotedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/zezodobejanozawamulimukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/34570232292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceandsecure.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mabadutelomiferisojotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129e56bfc4e3c48f48c846439fca1464/punokebegozanuwazemusomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fe38a5767---wetomixuxirujezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nathulaldasptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18789385377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verekavosuderawobebajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ksqgarbg5pt2hmf1c4vihfrei/81907842439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca19d180b6---xibuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/60745413080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://george-dollie-nelson-mass-reunion.com/clients/3/33/33de80a6744892f7217a81a137582dad/File/8666037244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d73dfa991f8---1045902732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a946e8de7---xulekugoxiziludetupuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cac0fa7aad---12094784391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmfl27n1ebo6t6h4cvnqtccfbr/jerotunenipese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e6249245b1abaef3e48911551400f1/viwezikaxijosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+phenomenology+research+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCE 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 59524d4b47605911aee5c63241c595152e0e7821f6c43bca27168cdd0c8cec3c
font_02_sfnt_off000129d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D7 11168 bytes
SHA-256: e83155804b293fdb449a0c48eecaa785167cba7877c311db0080f40f6ca158b0