Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fedda464d244281…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 07:56:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ff715c1a919c21e0460e840931885601 SHA-1: d6442d5bee6a2a012176253fb8e5a98dcb63d657 SHA-256: 6fedda464d2442810b86fe6aad983383e8762cc61163ef45298606b66ec4a795
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm indicators supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eda02a4bf8---joxujeribi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/93605002290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/72633022824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnpidrm09gi2nqrfkl35asg2ip/jazogixazemuwupilazezedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1914bc738e6f679cb9d11cb552efdcce/16004019786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6479704789---sigisugigijima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymy-tea.tw/upload/files/74825570934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448e358598ffb967402d85059c222d86/kimirizulejenifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedobuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niruwunawopuzajinosaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a62834c015---45194608408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e3d94329---26996846274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c9d9434f8c---felasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4851e607ebe2d03c68070bb646d4fde4/39511063685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/4539129745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609114b9cc614---72423603583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/8876926947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/diret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/vinobalezakilulibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe461d8109b4a46fcedda104ad07dd66/wasesuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/sisaxolixazosezogikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mafjgpmjmtt7t355h331ee6ej/37012282075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+thrift+savings+plan+contributionsPDF 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_off0000eecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECC 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 5e77e6b18b85b789c9c3e3b3e929f131867804dc815a6db7feb9b6907be48393
font_01_sfnt_off0001089b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AD 17036 bytes
SHA-256: ba253445694c9f5999690a4a050585aa365fed52d272f179bd784f8f87814990