Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6686858bd184916…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:02:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7f33eee8205d81e230927db3e4f74cb2 SHA-1: c28fd51f23eda864af15596c7ae2a56ac353a351 SHA-256: b6686858bd184916182eb09bd6146a150f587b817e875180d7827e60d48e8f1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=type+4+delayed+hypersensitivity+reaction PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/8180333097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fca4045a4e---xusonaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a8cace2d8---vatakosemiwowajijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18859772d2264250874484edeb538fe5/37177066082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/19277021001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b61e7bc8aa19bb83467f86203f9480/folusefiximudifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eea60cea9---baxelugorutozafejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df6ca9ca52---diridinarekorisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071960669c57---gibomitarobaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4p17no6312tea49ff4bnsi9m/vaxupadisabemubapepuvela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e902f7ce8a51a22e2202705cf72df583/90353260875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/37041500564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/kutibekuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07c87ef9a7---2634545323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/15394647572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/60335805699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/simes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/65510510631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67398d3fa2---veduvenekekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/tijibafuvolesibitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4gv6fq8q5npca5c4l2q2m5dkk/84913985959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1595ee6fd4ce9caa09e7c709f7d0c12d/vefuwaziwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20112303199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/soredugipemobasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/fadobulinovalenokovave.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_off0000c7cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7CF 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 636ad6c814da4d4d7a83575efcf83e373bc787570d09829419b96e292f709d45
font_01_sfnt_off0000f151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF151 10832 bytes
SHA-256: c0a38a88f019c50c3bc795bfa8a3efad7d939fd123970f0d588b9908665a3eed
font_02_sfnt_off00010a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1