Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ffa36eae946eddc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:08:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2c5583f77b5e07d68f96f45b11a1ef9e SHA-1: 16cc1cc20aa89a99b6a44a8c36f52246de38b996 SHA-256: 6ffa36eae946eddc492187e592aad59e39074af3d95c6c4b42d7209f324a3a0a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript stream and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection confirms this assessment, flagging it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fairway+bar+and+grill PDF link annotation
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqriokfagshin0nf4268t0s5st/napeporinezutumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e7794047---11553548749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/89961430102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8b82cb149---48188884904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/kazeretubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6194343112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwartetproforma.com/userfiles/file/58078254121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/36078190757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0887bf9ab6ee563762e88e5d9c7ef314/rodelurafidekagezovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dc18576f20---46012129527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03k6jvjt2lbcal1s3m8b42bc7t/kifozodozuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbdecontra.com/userfiles/files/temirefuzidaroresomirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fdb7f506e48b2833b80d71c3aa2b5c9/jebelimabejogabazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/badubomubuzukifumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/76840205607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dec0f89934973d7cdc138460ffda79/nedotipadebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake-tori.com/images/library/File/bivowakudururusogudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jameshamiltondds.com/clients/6/6c/6cc67b5d90347a591bf4e9c0b97a5143/File/82212982108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camera68gialai.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/72865442568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c857d6088cb---62796320525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sigamumetopazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88210217971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b55de60069---xurokasewikokusedipomibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a75af5ec77d5cf193d810579489f35/luxuvakawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/xenufaxilaliberonovomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e26d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26D 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 70a9027dafda0501a4a275b3d0c94603c6a2354b0cd8ffa6e6fd4c28ff313000
font_01_sfnt_off0000f930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF930 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11142 17624 bytes
SHA-256: f9f3af8d1129928e4efb502d42340fab8b9cdc5c1b8741f737614a00e4b9f135