Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a6fc3f421d98470…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 13:33:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9c929510e96e3b525e44dbe9d99bd997 SHA-1: bcca34b7d3a2cf35adf67112580bb61b0009a6cb SHA-256: 2a6fc3f421d98470b1d59367656ab05a34fcbfb6193b04585d06ee156688eeb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure and embedded links indicate an attempt to exploit users by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2c5db427b905c453d544ac7be82cff/2926738706.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3a3gv1mj73tod5jm39baqn2n/11235100185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d7ab2f7d6478308e1739b639db76ab6/11640190855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rug5u4mi90vmur2lvuf5i5jp5/51161723424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05692c5ef114e25e7e26038d3a3793f6/kibuwonotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/43237796121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/diwuwodazatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65b952639ce54eeeae8f25208e2b6be/14273844419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/80592367203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25075dbf83ed97ea51e0fb09ec134e6d/powerabasenafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/bubatitumobafiwufizedabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/kubovevoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/wuwutosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/78147602290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/33811780650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf690ac7bfdb1d2e4a8283b03140418/xosonavuluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27c6866f64bd205a682abe5de35d25a6/17958907721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3128c5bca74ee1b4aaa834ef14bd5ca1/89914102429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d751c5279c---lanekowovegoloxojoluzewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft5vpj8n4ajfl5nc61kot4t1ko/muputinimulobulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsongrad75.com/clients/3/35/35717660c32d3dd9b0ffde8f33a19d23/File/raduzagivetepoziragedejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021060806101224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2ffb985d9---65190211269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49549174109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+conflict+desert+storm+2PDF 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_off0000cab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C4 17496 bytes
SHA-256: df4b12077b16b5b0a6b6c62dd7e21553c14df1649e5f5ff9a76531c4a8fcca38
font_02_sfnt_off000110c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C0 10820 bytes
SHA-256: aa79c104f8843389e5f33747ff0584fba12bc0255961d0e034f04afcd6e0bf33