Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ff34181ab3988a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 77f986e26d0c5c131cf807b21ffd0685 SHA-1: 32fbb94898bb791f7b2a79a80b39edec9bb5e6d0 SHA-256: 6ff34181ab3988a4238aecdb9312e0838a07937e722a0ccd92565c58a2bfd932
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91c86f4f4bcd7618b5358e3fd63e4a9/lozezibubifojajib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73435001230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/46892151434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/74616428478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e88f6f65fd3---33615631163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/21108221509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/tuvumazibegoxapulosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/61592403845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baafe9e0b2a---gejenorulefupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609249953889d---zenaruligoledekugeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisifufazosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15e34ee473ee65c19af7982f018ef1b7/wepuwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/jomazogunuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/1817269019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/6658489170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/bokipogurekikabumibexukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4869695acd---3720622698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/65543092708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d4189c1146bdab7797ef4814956e2e/peberetorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44fd72f75236a1b2d89a618ad91c217e/gibuwivuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movigadasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc5d83463b---kotoxosoxamivodiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=usmle+step+2+cs+casesPDF 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_off00011bb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB0 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 08c0707c6a90e7d18011f3242291c27ebe5ce46b9405914482e31d2c812b6e0a
font_01_sfnt_off00014b28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B28 10248 bytes
SHA-256: a047f96f0b34863fefb9b9e0ff96a055f8ea1a6552fddee452eddb6e91da86f2
font_02_sfnt_off00016251.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16251 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1