Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fadda7014e6fb97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 07:49:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: cea9eb3d73ea9e9a0ff30dd73a4de82f SHA-1: 11545e8bb7e63512f06f0a85f2a8b073638c6bce SHA-256: 6fadda7014e6fb97a81918e4c10d4e5fac4a9e262af627cb0b55ddb3c921a19d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'fable 2 money making guide' UTM parameter suggests a lure to entice users to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea46b58a21---13328775336.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5b781b5f52---xodonuwisutilexolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/92980407990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/667ace39c61c9c3bc3868cf32bb3896f/98727579722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/9297081141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d66b93c221---fezuxerorolenajewapaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl69u3c88ps96112qfb198utb1/39016573491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titusrelay.com/clients/e/ef/ef304ccc03541e9e6382bef5f13b0a7d/File/gezepanutizofokuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/sarovifipotusomurulimidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c401260721---pimefugewisigiboburaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/33021739208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51-lq.com/userfiles/file///sixubagomakupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece87dd25705c93186a7d728edcf8d0f/xepupumibovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/tezamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a61dcca04---dovitolunigegeparavisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851c77eb16e---gofebumawupobewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/fufigadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/46484315725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/29185384483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/jegebowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cef6b611428244bdde631321415afa7/vitukoxefenopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a7c527399e3297c0ad47385105e9ab/70491708580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3023ae07414722e61ad178081444bd07/62046535822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb60bd32b5---govez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=fable+2+money+making+guidePDF 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_off0000ff3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3D 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 911e1b5799c2027de639088ef2b68b0e774e2d50855907a9d319cf762b69ea6b
font_01_sfnt_off00012c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14432 10768 bytes
SHA-256: dc91a541ac6f1c1d8b1a553aa20db90497c624ab6ecbe52631891013cad810d5