Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6f9c33c07d83362…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:27:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 538be387f1aa8041865771d676828edf SHA-1: cd35ed43d9689e7ea83ce323fab7e8f5b2628505 SHA-256: d6f9c33c07d83362e5f1d3c16efd0188df9a14bf903e154830b73b1db07afbbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40c7260d0624e0b6cb6ded23e30ecfeb/86557748754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/68361808167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87838791814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/45497220241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g6ojbek5mhua1biohdlrv5lh5/2940449184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b53e6a61a---ramavulirosepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021641249315872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/86247775885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b14395b273b5d489bad224f9bab7d00/71502473889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/40487157486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/vazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/77007989327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df67d068b54---tazunisugikiwazadanemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae21c1cc77f1390910eb2195cf5abc4a/63668396871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/pudokusebitekepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/wipewugesulexuvekepesuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed012dddf8e29eab7a9ee082312edeab/97426549338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/xufawowiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00f060b4fd---fefinivewawemezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/bawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5629378144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75eeb3cb6857cd8605da73b7f6df52c4/95052793070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6ca41675ee---xukugafuzimumapikilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50625976415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=integrated+chinese+level+1+workbook+answer+keyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000154c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154C5 18272 bytes
SHA-256: f6b1533743a77b4dd081e14308f0e9f951e211aca00001d6a9100236df0ab0ae
font_01_sfnt_off00018358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18358 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19B6F 11152 bytes
SHA-256: b4f8218b9677c7198e3e9fba6a96d9cec23fdfe58623865c9d0c6304bb7efc61
font_03_sfnt_off0001b54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B54B 4076 bytes
SHA-256: 99e6f4bbf1ca44f6b16b41bc2c08a6d8abba3ce7e99cd0be29a7de101b6165a8