Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6186bb767942cda9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 02:31:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a288525451aba5f0b0d6e4db03668d9b SHA-1: 2fbb0e606d0d28a7166e06005eefbec10d498639 SHA-256: 6186bb767942cda931ff9ea6af79f2728d93c0f5ffa8f54476744ef5c7a42637
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm designed to redirect users to various download sites, masquerading as game mod downloads. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a tactic to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgnnm49aagha5sh277a7pagnjr/54359189956.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/28338615286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/romuxufobasijazakawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c40cb7cf8798117b068f3fddbec5f318/xezitagunopezokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptk2eibkbvtetlnip2h02v1iom/riwulise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovemyskindayspa.com/clients/d/d9/d99ed7cf7cbac978b7326c22a81d1608/File/kawokules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98388fd8ad270aa3736d074ecbaec417/gufujusijarivuzutiguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5169c5d5705ccd57a743e969f4ba0542/88600874918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/xirapowowokikidasuwufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/mitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ef21afad---41089164897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607402e89e7c3---futukafogovadibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilbertthomasreunion.com/clients/5/5f/5f56fe696be94dde62972871c8a9bc28/File/98085977407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/85432992129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/rerozudowazowazorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/87735698168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/13343470984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a36011c4b5b34ae2801b2102e91db31/nasufufosemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e20584eee---tizogirikemizagevuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba525f66b54fe13d844ff76f0a1d6f21/60066323257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/gabemasugudibikugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/41412394757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/89087089424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/bewenigagemawimagalaloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/5205818888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/filegagumido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+mod+version+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE736 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4D 10840 bytes
SHA-256: b43a8c9c54b1cdac9e73261cb7c4459257fc9e7949ae0aad2115128cb5e9aec0
font_02_sfnt_off00011872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11872 17456 bytes
SHA-256: ad30074bc23ceef5bee6e1631fb7ace7b11d4ec1b29e1b43f7b22fda7c5b17df