Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ee6cd742aac0876…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:11:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 308a2f295e452dbf2f6678bc4a3dbd9a SHA-1: 34277b73e745cf6cd8aa93e3b4bfbbf942561f4d SHA-256: 6ee6cd742aac08766383f78713438e78fdb0cb2cb105b3d779c3a0349ac203d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b292de263e391fbe50256595a3d7b2/85474389306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8291c6038f---78173373131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/tomubalig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070499446bd9---desowawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apple888.vn/luutru/files/28924331685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spotiverify.com/ci/userfiles/files/kanotomodizuniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/8683433208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/67503942863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/pesidujuwozudafozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/96475312178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/mebojijiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/nobajuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90b6148384e42369fb003b238862a156/larosizusanakeroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r91coc48c3cumed2fnhamogrnk/xadapepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/62878908982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibowagomaloxuvasesowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608611cacf296---85153487460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40484395321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/90164712056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608071018028f---lemupufoxogowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/wemumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=digital+portfolio+examples+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a1c15e20130dd0f4cefaf5904a0a1f/jokalubugixogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD852 10840 bytes
SHA-256: ff16c4081afb5f432085e537388e7bcce580648ef4dc6f3a69daf7d43f190a18
font_01_sfnt_off0000f131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF131 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 3a865425e3da5f481f1d7dbd694cf2c19b05bd08d50faab8af3550cdf8bcbea0
font_02_sfnt_off00011d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1