Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b9a7235619cfa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-01 07:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ec0a789d198e2fb6f5edead985d8f9a3 SHA-1: 68421f555d9b0cbf8b2755cad39bd5397d2260fc SHA-256: b6b9a7235619cfa37fc063ef05f563deb45fdb2e0dd1d43ae31a165ff8a03ce8
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 files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de8af1efa7c---24677311045.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfc48b36a7---52484726247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/duxoremolakogaxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/73755404777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzenaterugojera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distributoram.com/files/file/devexumizosaxetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/piruzamedisezerun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca530db3f5---diwebugelofumezape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizamefometepozonisekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalsport.no/userfiles/file/bufodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210612_A8FCBDB4A27D9A6E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d960e5f14e5409e550dd9da5ab830f5/65840104638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/07/03/file/20210703_134830_143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e708d7feae0a251e6a3630eeb6f3401a/46175019988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/pamururokilovuxejuguzake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/30445718652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/22520052956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/24796177387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f10f4f77439045106b5046f039b75b/34338530902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-delighted.com/user_img/files/91690903270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/nidabenoxofewawufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fill+ds+160+form+online+for+us+visaPDF 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_off0000f657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF657 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E6E 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 7fc695d5c1a264cea8145ca080f74bde4e246909551462a619164832cf088ff5
font_02_sfnt_off0001285e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1285E 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 513d08085d11b681a4c7d6adb0d00d7476b16e244402e59e92cb83ee1f8e8989

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