Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f62bb66d6babee5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 04:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: eddb80166ced832d83dded2889fbdeb9 SHA-1: aa76fc85a50064990a258852fd086d5beb38a157 SHA-256: 6f62bb66d6babee57a9f7a64cef1e55aa2a2061fc598c96117e171c5f0a74bf7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF 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 embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely intended to lead users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests a tactic to disguise malicious content within legitimate-looking file hosting structures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d8781dd788e10c3381a21932da7430/25132660364.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c57748cddb---58735074250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705a2c05645---61451519180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/mokopesuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/66508318203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd48dd99db9---gigarapunilutarofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdc2b993c1---bitusejuwepake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607797d8144d3---7827121196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97cf4c57cd---pibaxibutejebaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/178286b9e7e8fddf816e91a4acc262f8/degasutaxisogavivagiromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3bdf7ef218568a13276c14338c201cf/maduxusamiwemeduwoneziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/xarabufifewituzidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd2a03327b56c4bb11342eec983e81a/64559889254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/powesifefezasuxulina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/fupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095034dc3d94---zixovoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609278f198195---98821429297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do62d201hkpp64mak4ig7hgf7i/ravazikutexudewivoxanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7cd4060d6803fba94969d2b8d0648d3/98687011974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898b49e9a0e5c513030f37015d166fe4/dedaxigurisumevuganuseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/vinanukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/6624000920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dna+replication+in+prokaryotes+differs+from+replication+in+eukaryotes+for+which+of+these+reasonsPDF 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_off00010a12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A12 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 1853615aa65364d330c63a79a300c8242bf52952c129bb4d49f3ef52bc00fbf0
font_01_sfnt_off0001246f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246F 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 4690efdecd2bc2c595db601d768022427664853294b882ef8b413bc661133666
font_02_sfnt_off00015107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1