Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6d8e0728daed25a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:12:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c9a53cbed7186a13f3e569b54dbe8f0e SHA-1: cdd2b2e6fdc3477e806e4cd750783ca1b379c104 SHA-256: f6d8e0728daed25a25a64be8e5e3108f6655384d0fee515bb8ce797c8845a0a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further indicates a lure to trick users into downloading a payload. The file's structure and numerous external links on potentially disposable hosting point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a572e4d052---43747516347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://harrisonfamilyreunion.org/clients/868801/File/xuviposakidakuwizotaxatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/37511368220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/pikalatera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/xiramaborigedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/guf1kimkvstaavjg479641ljmo/xurelaxakibenexoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2e9dc2fd03e16d4d48fb38c4bd8c28/93212158075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/41158275001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltechma.com/zdjecia/fck/file/sepatupefazafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/60663433725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameradungphat.com/uploads/files/gawekiragamekezadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f9738c69e4---31127480193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68086302768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62kv9j12f1ecbpfd6i152f5gi5/dujuropagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/64697936481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/24389508311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/kemoraparivifalajojupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/53887056958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ac1b6abb3---bogolamope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089302273d36---jupoxugederefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3ee067f567daba6f4419e2e58c66e4/50172226434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72hdkeqioovt5udgij8sagiu82/41248224864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nd+bhatt+engineering+drawing+solutions+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bbe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBE5 16112 bytes
SHA-256: 36890ef2a598bb6df2a19756f7b1170571b378ba3fe54c06e640e341a2aeb812
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDB 11080 bytes
SHA-256: b7245003526377e44bd1e84c06a4301d7a91b64f8bb467d44efad439041e9ace