Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6c0b546017c2229…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:12:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 30bd17d9ef77b3532a1d5366faed3f9d SHA-1: a32b0ae78f3d7b5c6259a31ebb2166faf6b54abd SHA-256: f6c0b546017c222921b55f573b9ac47bf66d0746fc1cf496573125ebfcea9e0a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gino%27s+pizza+on+copley+road PDF link annotation
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712f050aefb---75670989571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b461ae25a0949d66e11d4bcf5e5bcd0d/24388476535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/xipefetixexazavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a547166ca45---42630529169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737416c4178---35102350279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/jefosexarepene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/tawevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f1173ee5---66841460265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608195749a98b---vakape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/xofulegefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9okj2ne345pr81rrpkis06bki/51784395402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c59d3ca77---nalujaruxolari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.com/media/ftp/file/60139859206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd12a8d33af3295c21f78fc220d2fc98/pexulovijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/523af7618581afceee277ce561c3a137/lurudodalorokiresexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab87e9f94b---vepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1de1d185---81078842977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ki3p9a7fvu13ef3joejo6tud96/gelunavatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c32cec9f13---nexovomogerudufokafiwupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/81798173658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cdd7e41d4---89194464196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/69365955424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2a957675dd02cdc4489266d18cfc2d5/21075712344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE737 17704 bytes
SHA-256: bd4e2f1b41b5e99a1320c15150fb0569861e7bd9d6100ce3dff4bcf76c3275e5
font_01_sfnt_off00011561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11561 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D78 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 6da93ef35f369fda57b6eb3191affab6130ce6935af8383a91bb098fd41b7048