Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6b8b678288bb856…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:05:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 101f51cc4534084ca3cd4312407e787d SHA-1: 8dde44e9423226046e0191c800bf725c2683441e SHA-256: e6b8b678288bb85625e04a1708b1319f1dea14021ec57be8b5937195945db53f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest this document is likely part of a phishing campaign or a distribution vector for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=year+3+addition+and+subtraction+worksheets
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9567dbf443171929248f72c5c297bb48/poretosafujov.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5a679e962981030d44ef0d9cef84717/37525956254.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5285357d80ffcbb016fae6e8d6879b2b/sudigafexebubuxazeze.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c67bdb76e---1701246871.pdf
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/34167965940.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83m4utrl7a2mnk2n3mduf8qunp/94769150854.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33fc5ca1d97ab25d52a6cdcfe04c00c/botenux.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/masajoniwaguj.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/logmv3gd3vcco0p33tha0c1m9g/84710736282.pdf
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/lolepojuruxavisob.pdf
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/70910264222.pdf
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cb5b22ef0---gonisiti.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbe2911b74---23104148721.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3ejqesc5ps68p9bi4e5pe75qo/61195209221.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9lhhmsmas68mp7bktn72ao484/tevarigomomeseparifot.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d97d22a08c---63370815649.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98c9009ba---11005560520.pdf
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202106/1624362627.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/gukubebat.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p97b1oibc7l89ad87svvq90j6/19567413704.pdf
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/varilodazusikekorigefewum.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1f5e27939---22190821515.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e5f50550b---xejewikivudonupoko.pdf
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/26197858459.pdf
    • 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_off0000e1a0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9b7.bin
b880110e3c22004a12b54697e0e09422e1a67e3a7e8f212d88736ba1e3a71fe9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B7 10992 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001134c.bin
e21387d5065cd8b603662ab293ff4cea156d32f8609840522e73b0d10d1f3a07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134C 17356 bytes