Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6242afb7916ca629…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f4625d1848ecf2d6911f42063deeaee2 SHA-1: eed4b1a9376a62e8108e15425b5e02e83ac515ed SHA-256: 6242afb7916ca6294c1d7098800627bcc58c23aad66f37ee577019c046a774df
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting malicious files. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests the document may be a lure to trick users into providing passwords or downloading password-protected archives, a common tactic for evading security filters. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+pubg+mobile+using+kali+linux PDF link annotation
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8353368afe---dobore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/zunedikesafolatado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/606c4de6238a6d94218d14e4d468fd70/45115797824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088674616e3e---17343388446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59f8a08655---37363289420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa31238689---rakupuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/53123160393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83d9f189b17aae2d2935b4e2f36ccf6/pebebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335adc21b6a32d69177bab287e1a9525/80673322757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3cda88b594---nogogaxefuxawupupafususi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/budobixekubonajipuvabozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3da315c174a04efed48ffed05aa1b63/19773255622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0060446d2---86566986038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb92cebbd2e74dd014bd74a5edc6409b/12509930160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb81b4d3fa---lunefawalowasojomokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d9dcb9e60---zupojelosilifepesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/6739176033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajo9fg5b5fhb07fh40v8i87hm0/riluwose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e12360246---25273437803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/53430220644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/95303651820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b63d46c3e986e4fc8208fe714e33951/14917244132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/49573559950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715b6113a00---zifubukosotapunopuwisar.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5692a00c94ea432c842c01a3c0ea82c/55742196087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/78079177530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43638380204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ed65e11dd---68749819058.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_off0000ee98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AF 11232 bytes
SHA-256: b5ad1959e1fe034dc57be44445724352fe5e36454d0fb1490e6ce9a7f29c54fd
font_02_sfnt_off000120b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B0 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 81c4ccca96336851ae7bccfd0732b316c87e2a00b7c1c227d8e69de58c3ba634