Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6133d0cbf9f65e23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:05:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 245780c2795471166f2c841a41113265 SHA-1: 1fcacc1ca1500804f473b4a3ec8bed498cbff581 SHA-256: 6133d0cbf9f65e232a8655d2fabcd03be620f3b37a0751ce706d607f6c33d8fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' indicates a malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/53064771717.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b5f80ef03---lapufejevavitamudowajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/tebulimiwibapunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e71dea83d6bd3f57686deaaefbf91ca4/78456554659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cdf13ce86---20454660754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b8a0c68d---debibapirex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee01dec5843---gokulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peltonfell.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwenagadulutuweguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56866feb41ce5d070c05b471b3b51eb1/wumorawitukek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/45367485044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609241302efd1---58001825257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/24173613525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57810401127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsk12.org/policy/files/files/kapivamibofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/remezepevuvelipixaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/segegibipulirogofavumobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/tamelotujikumewipizofijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/luroninamuxelidabuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021080321571284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512eddc43523d0beec40ec3dd0e89738/jezupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/08/20210829033613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ae581e9fa---36281376638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/fafegofiwavozife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=hp+elitebook+8460p+maintenance+manualPDF 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_off0000bf7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD790 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 265a17f2adda2f75438e7fe115b5dc8ba538f3bfa7311e88f89f0a2cbc0f2628
font_02_sfnt_off000108ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EC 11168 bytes
SHA-256: df39800c01cda5756265fcbd2fb28265ff20641efdbf4c521840b9bdca925dc1