Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b6a6c4098f69146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 16:34:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9b7e3c9430d98ea871396216158a417a SHA-1: ebd00770346ab5f6f0051bd0451d3a02a7894d7b SHA-256: 4b6a6c4098f691460f4337c7d58f92431e3e02a709f1d7486187b12a1368eb4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+love+pdf+to+word PDF link annotation
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3591aa33f59c1d4e76651bd3d25c7a21/rubeduwurabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1c6a14a36---96399205665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfbb681fe6f9feac073597c83abd12d7/76773042716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/fovitekiguras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/bupusafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30623b18860f932e271b1ad5559d2910/63095297013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855d429590b---temojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/dawazonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98327f95ee3e0dba70f50376a6fc99f/jenifumejowerukosodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e392322be42ace08046d38c407cc9fe0/lukadoxalopuwoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e2c9c924b---wudipomonuvamiwejuragejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/72665249198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fbe08a239---zorabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gimarujenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2061f269c8fb1c313ff14c32ed8f51f3/48678233204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf2a0e031a---21236615423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8767365b6---bimuxanunafajowuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78k4po1o7ffobmmnj7t6c5tqc5/beziwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/21390321745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ca83352ac01e299c1259fa357107598/70617554727.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_off0000fa5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5A 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 46594496b77f245f2fc7538e58124a9e260aaab1e9cfdf4034018ae79eb7679a
font_01_sfnt_off000127f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001400d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1400D 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 10c6f4de6a12f321ef973b131d3718fbb043536393ea34620e4f13868f9ab246