Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6fc1fb61a0fc7cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:54:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a852fb2e4bbbbbe5d203557033250521 SHA-1: 1b61b2d5e221b26adebd365e7c282058e3e7ccc9 SHA-256: f6fc1fb61a0fc7cb0a47224ff9342d8d96dc7bfcedf08e02eec9c379b3778389
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of link farms in PDFs often involves JavaScript to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities, suggesting a potential for further payload delivery or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=segismundo+spina+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76805819108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centurionim.com/userfile/batiment/file/gimasubosalutaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210802082401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ma6ke73mnd9ihrr0hf3jkegit5/59391107796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/kopuvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33830d190bd5bca8d706facfa79e5b39/kafidowotejonuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27e78eb69d---ratigekujupimezudivamogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a918fd06739---xesena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/fijaduvuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8hhuh3ullrg67jelcsjbj3utt/32666943727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f8107d4b6---vipadiren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b56c169574522e663b5590e34f35a3f/95681762831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laviluxekedidurimovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51f2a73b01---zezepivotopireva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqpqe6tim2hqaar8a33o8v6p4c/49610359035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/92295675863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608796d42d815---3253277108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8mmcta2rbtq7482onurvevk0/jekomadunedalab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifizewosilimopepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedulozomuweturisuwogexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7202acd24a---wotifanewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d22717fac0---nidikonikizalenigakowavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulivuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pbri.in/ACP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirakoxotaxegesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/lorowokukivitibodizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/98386271788.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_off0000d14c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14C 20872 bytes
SHA-256: f47a888c94448c6fc3dc9906ddef8a62ff4e9492506db0ac7374e4407e74d9b7
font_01_sfnt_off00010879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10879 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12090 10772 bytes
SHA-256: f0f82367f7d6ff9180e407e904fac82810b38bd65ef955b06cf32b8ac939abf8