Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fc0e071d049ab7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e284cdcaab14a6ffd6dcd2485f5729e5 SHA-1: d7948d169c50713695cc670821d8b03a9465c9e8 SHA-256: 6fc0e071d049ab7ff8270e211b1632e205ac8f801b3d863fdb6a76e499f910e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis suggest a phishing or content-luring attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/15611052556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yepuco.com/uploads/files/fubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a001f2287---pifafasefonowitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55f1406f08---21552879927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b9e8adc9---raribavulurugaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e779641ef6a3fbf51c8f4e421bf4d0b/39050106071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/27110863095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2882a16695---18456904059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbfaf0f075---53585759942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0549b5966---nazudapugazotivujotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7b6793194---baguwosapubafesamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b426ea42d3993d35d028efece93f2d/22644949384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7do7tncrldum6u6ksm6simbq01/mumujakonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/bofutagiwidukoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/sufosuxenumeboganoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079178b0630a---19820642969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/kujomakilumodikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d0240ee0e---kagavozirimeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofativemipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03440c46d786ea6d6dc51f6f3630ec7c/kediweparopadolifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o45nhagdbp4sm4n8h0r5st4evt/68055754027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/ridesitiganupipebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90006318222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092542b6fb53---tixefarezudoronerodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=army+red+beret+meaningPDF 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_off00011011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11011 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012828.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12828 10492 bytes
SHA-256: f0e30754fea8a8dd47acc37ffcfe710c54bdf81be995c8b0b3b19aec8413d561
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC3 18176 bytes
SHA-256: ae249228e36152586832e52eef82a78a0226c4dd74b1ff4a5067bcd15ad7aaf6