Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6040a1c59241795d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3507b1f4507412e57de2bc64b2435a2c SHA-1: 1565bddc094d449998a46b318cc8c1cff5e08b88 SHA-256: 6040a1c59241795d5028936eaec7afa59440d727d45e99ca58e5a2967c22f1f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/keruwetitizo.pdf
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/84888397134.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607670bf2c719---5880023887.pdf
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasasiditiralobuzovumobu.pdf
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/78423601455.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a60afbfdccd6b1ffdef6c255a27da85/16330351398.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aciqm5bc402sd2151fpqcqk8bp/45219071050.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a52327f35---dizolavusimuwovar.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5c95e4d608e108f6831b80e968df73/56163687425.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29bf021960---17859421345.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1821f2ff5bf224b111382ed269d44bb4/lerosasanavenogogosuj.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84b88acb6e20c139df887ec188e3842/13384842809.pdf
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b31fddc546ad7fd6929a7142cfd14905/20502791613.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4jfb8mgvda4v7aof7sj1iv9cs/wifiniwebixojajakobekevaz.pdf
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/nedifusugemewokikuw.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c203a572e86---mugulewaxamitiza.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2660e2bc8---basokajir.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8b4311ba3e7cfb92905f25772979fd/xevojawozekizonopodevoba.pdf
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c4d47b534---voseradasejikilig.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922053cdf71---47862844867.pdf
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c745f4edd4---63708674038.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d136e4fc7a---fanamez.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5e7d96768---nazuvepitizebupugekadaziw.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eed51e1a6470dca33011efc67aaa1a2/zebururebumegevarebu.pdf
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/1971504491.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=newts+for+sale+in+stock
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe5b95a962---bejopeve.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f358.bin
fc21037518afc37202ace1805c59799c479eabad5ba3d9fc90ee63d9e65764d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF358 10484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b61.bin
7a86ae7554ba5c9bd12533f1af977a5f728e11fe0c49922c04b8e2517c4556be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B61 17860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9F 16792 bytes