Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6170fca6e7e3113f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:46:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5384c306ee9e889cdff8b35e97ef178c SHA-1: 774d590d89a6bd64bc9120ff554843d5d9d47ee5 SHA-256: 6170fca6e7e3113f15145c01830c265cd5c05d80932f79f2e101b3b9d194c2b0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as an image-lure, presenting a screenshot to trick users into clicking embedded links. These links predominantly point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/88122168899.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0386e72345---wazisikakiweweduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e1d6f29a6---82168916053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rapugadukavofebojopumabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6023cdf57a01f9ce7fbd0afbd06485cc/fetejugavatite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608007f315d5d---4831314762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/nimojegigojedemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6032accbf939616a8f65b0b0799e2d8/77490876339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67d11878f4a9cfd8d6c8e7b9cf53b1b/65381622820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04f92dd6474cf7947c6dcdc3c48a9208/62292510293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/goburefinavurojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/65799342120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/rekajakelumofogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087616e0ccb5---10586898656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/zisize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66781aaaf31fd6a83f1de6acf648ba85/gabimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e00a3bda4dfbd560df627510757df8/revexaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/fejinazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i60cd12h7lgapjvgmjnootrp0g/78384043327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/9518018185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/55285204328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95p7goqm02ika3ge30bdej6bv7/43060160150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/tetinijuxusamijebisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=port+out+starboard+homePDF 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_off0000b08a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB08A 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 030ab3890edd6c4d74c973e999549a4cf4ce40597569bf43536a3ce73c51301a
font_01_sfnt_off0000c889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC889 13828 bytes
SHA-256: 1df634291737a6be21a7306dc256efdda52123f28583f7ca142f76c666ae3fff
font_02_sfnt_off0000eadb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1