Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a6db9fa700cb9a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:15:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 26baf2483890870ee76d860a64e5c045 SHA-1: ecd15ca6836309ebf0574ba2d63bfcd6e3404e73 SHA-256: 2a6db9fa700cb9a1d851f6ead7074cea47fc409454c1a0d2fc25f819dc5ec77e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67bb76c001---bunebami.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f62a8356d---sisugesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajesalaos.com/webroot/img/files/jatumefitagogisuxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/91186781871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf0s99j4nnbeu5hq65mbtvgdu9/gesedejivolopinabigurifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/19210356988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210503105518279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c60f1ff42d3bca2a4c97bdd16d7ad8a/luruwesejevesofusubuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c33c56ee1---lotakejinovepivivoviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b596cdc437b---48676250673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/69685105159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fdb7cfa98---62658207726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7b2d65b206cb7fc14b2c2b1105af0ec/zuwowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876410c537a---zalaturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081386f9d13c---vokukibisatuperupariri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/wetivawupanedofogesejovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d18b711335---topuvegerupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/905172485609b214b057eb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/96147587248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/34124462116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792c17ed8e0---44443011210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/rimenejopunapumepiberopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/12792922811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=c+program+to+make+a+simple+calculator+using+switch+casePDF 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_off0000d273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD273 19084 bytes
SHA-256: ae064030eab7eba91827528ce8cf387f340e56ddd5ee6af2381e0e724272025c
font_01_sfnt_off00010386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10386 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 6b34b24dcc79da9fe9ae05b4c9f7e1604967db1e5c32b9e655f965d04c39f4d2
font_02_sfnt_off00011d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1