Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6682443365d96098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-06 15:43:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 424aa5efceb18d753c6d816e3d46687a SHA-1: f674565cc47b1c4e3d0b359b8917edf816cdac2d SHA-256: 6682443365d9609850ec2ec59c899b899756fc923e29cfdf560ba0d4ddceff2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs extracted from the document point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of AcroForm buttons with action triggers further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/gikisusevubu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983fe3afc56---28492086378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/9692538590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4449cba38---1213766040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/430l2fa39hmfffupvv3rdsrlo6/fegotupoganutaxufilifane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608333a6ec611---67929841175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9323546763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a70d58a2bttrm1vevfoq80dpv/72501499015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/81013556939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/88394013305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6862888729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a3e22b417433c4e857c0ea62be875ea/lolulaxukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/56521739867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/1167442192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a799c43876c---xunetajanexukigatida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e4515caac---63462000000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d673a7704---93404216237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a8ec5b940---81171385607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fegexovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/10884555165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/xaparolosodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4918d7af18---86899188794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17a58f8df991ca48cc706848907972b8/jafonitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=zumdahl+chemistry+9th+edition+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000ecb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB4 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 15da464350b05f3a5b4c86c14aaa73aaf4de5981014d0ad420879616f64ec114
font_01_sfnt_off00011c91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134A8 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 7bc97f702fdb9b2984883f746b656f531c5860be1b000d502935559e0a815644