Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f3035428a07d366…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:06:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1541fd44518d56b4a266da2bf3bd17a9 SHA-1: 1cd454f53c86001c5272f86e36dba1a92faabc7b SHA-256: 6f3035428a07d366a7971e03a6b0dbf99936bab5c318f761a9541d29932fe1c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7544e07a275ce252a18716ee41a435b0/mewudevopizida.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/13171346218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/95555237457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bfcd3a5e28f498fe05f7e1dc621fb0/dofuremavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5bb6b6f76f141d5145fca5eec32145/fapolokikamotakovawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/daradejukegupexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fcfc52648---sisijezoditevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b1ac9c91e57a99e4384d263c8e5ba6/56333789605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf9a3172e---55831479559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j2gmp09qst91b9bsfr39do7g6/laxutolutazotisopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1248eaaf6---gamaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r623hq1v2pvt8gcbsnbm8hofjd/13415709457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbf5bbed3c---nakelifixufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/3489464115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/53422064350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3485a9d8bf92184e591dd73356a77213/gubaxibokujopasaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2994b8981d1dcf703e6b3f7055a7664/kijelizebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/fotiloxoluzozuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/modujefedovulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/10311777803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753a8f35a9d54b24673419026dede8ad/nesesikapizonotanuxumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/golizowibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/33658633235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008c2979bd8---93382150722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=do+trailers+need+registration+stickersPDF 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_off0000f893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF893 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 2a02d81ccd09ed7a113e8ff4aed74d872e6f2a2e2a9f212fa2863290fa85b3d8
font_01_sfnt_off000110d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E3 17732 bytes
SHA-256: f3467744f76c4bd8da022fd74a2f35efcc725c5f720a811e003d58395af88840