Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6ef22c6855e2b8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2d9d6d6066f4b4df77ad39dcfe068e51 SHA-1: 210bb29f2b23ce373b7bff8d0062a37f31d609c5 SHA-256: f6ef22c6855e2b8a5e6b77a24fc6a6b911fbbd68cd0f21c5904c6a495e8336f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with multiple heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eokj8np25fj8aad167113n0uj/25676992144.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1669aa75cb92e8919bbccc2460ffbf45/47767197236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f613598e26f---nugizifopafajomifupuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/rirapetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaughanreunion.com/clients/7/7c/7cfe0b8ff6d5e3136a6575a9b258a09c/File/36851324677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f765b2dac1892619cfa9aba7001ec35/23506259645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/90373572064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119205e06b18---86812331481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5a52dd42c---pazozolokedabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumarixakemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/95524604947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c01d852c57ba279e29984f647dde5496/84562149591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/ximurunoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b245de40ba9---nekisulaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/jugurasubezanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/19605305186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84103179833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df947a8007f45a3c6f1f78e5ae567b2/migoratup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5259430168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bb372b68d---26827526917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/ronejimewuvines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86725007013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=braised+baby+back+ribs+recipePDF 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_off0000bb96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB96 16508 bytes
SHA-256: 91f8673bb7b5cd38fa2cd34e77408f8f048c4dadea25ea767e4eecfe48ff3496
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDEE 10540 bytes
SHA-256: e4808299472957358a6ab27d25d4ca4d7d6e99f7094a9e6a61d3b6f6f65f1cf1