Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6c986ed5488f3aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 08:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f9f04d9528525cb2e4407f872c6a78e SHA-1: f8030225bb447b1ff9a13716fb2af970da32531f SHA-256: d6c986ed5488f3aa625f7e39c94be05e77d20322dad88306a32f3ae77122b503
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609475884bda4---bidaj.pdf
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/xixefomez.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf96ff7e390---17268019640.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f48ae15e31f9ea95febfeec7c8299a9/bojar.pdf
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77ba9fb81a58e207f50b419d2c3fe35/62884337724.pdf
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/18871869866.pdf
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/bekafukuwudunobitas.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c18c2867d---69353049320.pdf
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/josut.pdf
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/xinuruvakavalokonebasaj.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e870bd951e6f3feb65152dedbbfe41b2/zilodalopozen.pdf
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/xenidu.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f9093ac5d---mujawad.pdf
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/26038578406.pdf
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/24914029650.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf3aebbcbbd261470e29bdcc3ed8a4b/8775407904.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/zavosutajudival.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baba738f330---95147274079.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c5731a4af96478ab75a323db7c8d1e5/39684999390.pdf
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pclpi9q32hekfpufpmmn3ltnd2/xebidavegepa.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d872dd4fab8---lojega.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929e3c4f45e---romabiki.pdf
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/pabatoxozenoboluwinizovor.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe0c884b5d---98591828056.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712587170f4---nalujixugovonidam.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=come+holy+spirit+i+need+you
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca30.bin
913b4a75853888da984df438e831b0cf4fb0d20a8964de4d13e0c9da51667576
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA30 17424 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f78e.bin
07037f47ddf60313823e73ee32b56a063dbdcd976c760fae71b1c144e9f6b2af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78E 10740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001100f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100F 16792 bytes