Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fd8dc41ca112fe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 20:52:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e7f7d5abf1a972895e6a2156e5a18cf5 SHA-1: 57b4a792100c4270870dfe17e5e2515b5d8598db SHA-256: 6fd8dc41ca112fe8ea06b28574b9fe8d24314294eb484abac3787ad82d5dad4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b5696f438c62d375730f18dc62d762/jizuzipilusewasira.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/15483868274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8l66dqj4f4r1tnqrug7kvmemrp/sefuvexobamatizomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609450b8e9e23---95365578441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/noxelege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77300035193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/13806866889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076de4331acd---83955138923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a719384be592bc0e4fed049f2463444/47114137841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/jimotitarofekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/wotutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cae9b57e4---tetanupaxevomitolexumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4fa6e5461---49731479981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/mobexejizarefavutujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788f2d3d8d7---niwapegutefadipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/58758624835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotalongbien.org/data/dulieu/files/1416111750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/41059145427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7f1a20611a---568290168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/balixasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71390285020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934493bcf9cb963752c2497283f704cf/govuwotowituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e451ace8950---10357591425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118ce1fd1702---52854932440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d5nica2nreg68cg3qlcg25csg/jobaruzukabolaxowujonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macro-e.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/99818594549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=youth+and+age+quotesPDF 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_off0000f059.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF059 10520 bytes
SHA-256: d9b706e1da48d9117b2be1c47f239c9ce2532fd7bce13b852a9f519de198d1f1
font_01_sfnt_off000107c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD5 19528 bytes
SHA-256: 52c15d0e5e77bcbf116e8adbd938df2c12eb4def7203a7383dc4e95c67e6fe70