Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f0430e12aa88c46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:36:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 55ab5479b13b97089d38f52abf619d4f SHA-1: 7c84da9fcc9a22d6d1425ca38880515ca87ceed0 SHA-256: 6f0430e12aa88c46c7bdc49c4d0338a07092f58af3e3f6807a8f90149b6b6865
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, with a high ML score and ClamAV detection confirming maliciousness. The embedded URLs point to suspicious PDF files, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988346d9bf9---85251061933.pdf
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/6650297588.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/vumezipubezomubilenef.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d36854117---rexigovofunetokavolis.pdf
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f44726ee4f---6510184415.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec66b0a283---45070742483.pdf
    • http://archiprojektai.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/62076916867.pdf
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/65064964101.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e2727b246---60780109527.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ada52b262---73780284659.pdf
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/gebanorovuvoretuxefu.pdf
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/20128010282.pdf
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/vapibalim.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097aec9f050f---354144177.pdf
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/54893743621.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04be6f7cf6f493aab3ea1aa4bf5c4d33/7047596126.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pqd203bg81s4a0f42bp3hlcu2/xexoremevejanuduzipez.pdf
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607178a00417a---zujilitap.pdf
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8jmdgus10r7juecnbtc2v7g6s/75120383250.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb06a21902---rafigososebeli.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184p9lh8qml71g0n2qrl7un6g0/52270781748.pdf
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c10dfe4c5c2324778df0e634435edf0/91053357496.pdf
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/18952564141.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad484b96e3---fonulazozerenutupa.pdf
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/87343249370.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=enzyme+practice+worksheet+answers
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd39.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD39 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f550.bin
8f1e575d6d43ea689935a10895dc10eca304f6c0e1e6d831a11e7e4da8e1d859
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF550 10928 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e8e.bin
d8c69531bc4e73bd7e9525c4fb089a300a99072ac878632192c32172933e1218
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8E 19168 bytes