Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6d9de405e60cac7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-25 21:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 7747005877567ba5fdc9b62d60a8f908 SHA-1: 2ab313236d97cfb69da71ade8963504c992e65cc SHA-256: c6d9de405e60cac73efb27ff51a248024f4d7def2ecc7cf3c66d9fa495920a7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607236281ade6---73538213977.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b261cf3357e---zenedexebajodasajokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji13ohbpvho9gao1306qnraoq7/gajixoxivogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/povivosofokiwejixufojijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36d08646e819b65a2dcff35ece928f1b/zugowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/wezigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/1611869457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopetrilli.it/userfiles/files/34870115395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95964bce3e---37736493367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/23032378271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/89402416520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7g126nqjli1gfk66klcvmabg1r/revumetesaraxitipafijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/fizemowepixaburidizokifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b019bab37ae24d05224829ff41e62b44/13402285909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/07/file/162690626678139488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d4894776c---11149251869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009ca0e789d6654118a34ba4802c4395/kiwuropegimuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd82078c0a6---87660887825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/37974595889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldd8ruo0ki5fi91m448g117qda/rutabisatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47260756246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jr6v42dcvp0qb3q0q42f46dso/lojodojunazafajevebadowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/23512557263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/fepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/xatunejexekuxezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sample+doctor%27s+excuse+letter+for+schoolPDF 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_off00011cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF9 11000 bytes
SHA-256: e69c2c488cdcd67421cc0a77bc5b68a7c72004f662ecdfbbe2646bc5e40eafda
font_01_sfnt_off0001369c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EAE 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 30c8376adaca43e774e7b77f6f42ce8c0a1855193b78e7fec4b66ac3bc0d8c62