Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a00189d20421a67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:14:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9005f799e21ff5be3489e9ed4c2f7fb9 SHA-1: a6ad17a7d4ddc89e0d9ba37859d25331f1acf896 SHA-256: 6a00189d20421a67f22ee3459a5f4da19573e051c731a2ee4a78b08618234e0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous external URIs and embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+in+spanish+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be2f9885c2f6e5260efff07a0274ab3/92054259431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e07c9d6f89233b24e87deeb1c05b95e/gukukebobipuxunedadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bb03020b7---xofanukisewizixezafigasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740abf111e1---21701868547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/ralisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/domemudosaxufiparoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/37155274750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/kakifawopufoguxufuwefiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/rowokivifarixexopaganajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wulapevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/jupekojazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ac1acbe2---jagivudipogoruvabile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071435ea013d---82021357781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/vepukivube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbe4a2fdfec2b6db75eb053798f05013/99126867910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/robbmg1d32e6ka3cavi68su2qv/fidetujisamazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1445840f66---wazepozidafefebiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d47061e380c1d13ca02e2685c75b8b3a/vonimuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/26146421261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralwestwoodclassof1983.com/clients/c/cd/cd4b3c89dd1500142a52f05b9125c350/File/tirewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/wowelivonorava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34968559294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d754d52a77---42093400962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d1afaa989---nitepupon.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD67 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 536ded55ea169230bd8c37eb7349cbee3b3d51be78c56a66af8437bb4b954d8d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF864 19236 bytes
SHA-256: 9fc5562251218d488c3bd32cb8c5036e95007b200bc096bb731c53d79a0f3c68
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000142ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142EC 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 737f3faa29a624b013cf956f4fd01894d2d1bf868aa01376b9aa3ea83cc01544