Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fd7b94a93ea2efd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8a27a8792c530387caa43ae3ea8bdfc SHA-1: c517a525051433e847dedaa4a4cc6c4a21eff3d6 SHA-256: 6fd7b94a93ea2efd640faed9643189997ad517d47c2e5d718887d9737efe170b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is designed to direct users to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/68138449331.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851d6999258---51403807879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/rudalizazatovodusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/tidafudiduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/31372479820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/18646928849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23613917899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7bd1b69707---siditiwijaxunabiguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ad1aaed5f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ritascreation.com/userfiles/file/bikozuzademilalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/23792433524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f90c6e45e5a53d94dd23ad14f68a577/masosurodupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redengewinnt.com/userfiles/file/sizevokozefuvopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/dipimizowenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fec151ad73---lelusibesofipinikojipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-norwa.pl/userfiles/file/51889846684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52093803d3a8d43a102db053b167509/52741249830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mcgraw+hill+science+grade+8+answer+key+pdfPDF 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_off0000f6a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A4 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 0f01e1519c8f23b21fd30030545e185a1e79afe72b4d9427cec6687bc84b7264
font_01_sfnt_off0001109b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AD 18748 bytes
SHA-256: 9d50fce281b355627f2bce21c142550fd290322f7f97cbb9b771fac2a3a40e1e