Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6d02e66700687a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-29 09:22:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f8d3cc2bc38ce7706e54568089af5c51 SHA-1: eebd8f475f826983c34919c6a65270f8468e6f68 SHA-256: c6d02e66700687a3715519d2abdde9be7eb15b4f2dfa7e2caf9582f191959a86
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other unknown URLs, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85468db5e6---zumutizitenefagu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0nspl6gkamqkn8i58q637jn47/lojoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/55141288415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/46606011595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9ddde68823a363fd537570e546a931/5073992992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/86761312328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb87362d77b---lobowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/66017876956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/napomuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/mufegokigikoxuzuzukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ab8a07ca58---41907914864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17cebe9611---xomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjkxmy.com/upload/files/202108071607292676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tizoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607225f2251b8---dofubiwuguferederavowerog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/15905391728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/96377241062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4837d818c---48551387708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/falugowogonepanigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.hu/editor_up/93471317146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976993275ad---koden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad705356103---zerudufelesarililopaxezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/28827208865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=free+solution+manualsPDF 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_off0000e182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE182 19228 bytes
SHA-256: d6c18eda12f6c5116179458bc660edd26a8517fb6d0fb7f0f6aa10b1a3b8f5af
font_01_sfnt_off000112a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012abe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ABE 10348 bytes
SHA-256: c0317c0f45d890fcb1de69fee1c26671ad0a5c901009dbdb75d531a445a93855