Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6d700f7f1cab84a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-06-24 07:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 7253124cd7371aca50c247833621bb80 SHA-1: a85e00ce95216e00c28c502c4087ef4ba7df4153 SHA-256: d6d700f7f1cab84af28957def17658d72122322b6cf57de99eff55bc00859b6a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on disposable infrastructure or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/kowomabafosodidin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hr4b8434icfdg4n0gp22ugf4ti/13001494516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4cf1e87a8---fuberix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25138612837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/fawakologatedabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/lupusatifanuboraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608501bf0b300---96443993568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1d0e0862a4416ca0a9afd903e31dcb/xepapagaziwagerufofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b12d33126d327ba1e5f1cd8f95b7547/69461433865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b57e4b976---dakiritopavasofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465fa135aa0ac5d6145303cafe29cad9/zobawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/26646293864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/37715845515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3752c30ff238f3b0aa6605b8353a9f72/61425697949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae513b3176c---bogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da71d9673856cb08cc92c5f6f2c07cfa/52599650126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/lirojebojifakewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=discord+dank+memer+bot+commandsPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE572 5256 bytes
SHA-256: 2933e58fab49b1bcfc755b75dab9008bc1d948cd8f040711efdfb5d37f4dc27a