Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b604f6ed96902a4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:36:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 799d5074b91f4277e83fcad66fd08a05 SHA-1: f94b850db0c2e69ff5671a7476736e0cf74cdbbd SHA-256: b604f6ed96902a4e98449d7708fe8fae73431c0ced5f2ab46c5ace188d277e49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inflamed+taste+buds+and+sore+throat PDF link annotation
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/42937816903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2378b1bd3be49effa9de4b9b82e60f2b/94730690829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/50695552285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h16lvvs1chs06i6dama05a2d1u/12712664953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/41530752433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3d02c6b7b---92265456837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqasu5sifb3ts502cn5pqhsl04/vaxosepoleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30348b3a3eae1fdccd6919e21363ed41/70367917431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b3206d2bedf6482c806433b1394a169/22846510658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9174330af---wogadawirinowoturuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/bomupunubalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607882224a862---98996982843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5cc407e529---biwumuwopiwavogivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/liguxitefilorajinabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906c10d50aa---85823910903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/digasobidixowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f314d5c0a0d159c38ce581cc7498df/tuxiwesedevarijiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f0ef36fff712bbea129a24c7f857dae/purerug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078076dbeab3---49968936631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1599422a0---8656495223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a492d46501---46384788327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914e9dfa9660b953760109c99d0597f6/88652621805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d882d868bf1cb2803dce3ddac4f686b6/kovirosopuxejuj.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_off0000efc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC2 16776 bytes
SHA-256: d4a64f8dde68d7eb994ff785684378076732849d4e8ffe39a7eac6466984f014
font_01_sfnt_off00011b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B42 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 77c75d052c64b8cdb6c1dd9f4c426801540625873fa331dfe973d269e89b6d41
font_02_sfnt_off000133a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1