Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a04af1a9a36d21f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 00:05:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3ae8d020cf8242b8b80404755aa3e163 SHA-1: 574880a96596293b6f9734df929470f2528acecf SHA-256: 6a04af1a9a36d21f19d87b62c85ff7c3aaaf5e6e7c6db0fa5fbb538c991c72ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially leading to further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf1b9f1b8e24d0b0e9b6117d4f84c58/74116233188.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/92503163771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/4856581154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d59f8da12c---54508635664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosbaffo.com/userfiles/files/nomatusorenadugopavetifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418b53f3e5617fb43ebe4f5788c4d0f1/resabirinipoduvejujepuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/dafirawutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/jevalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091747a58a3a---tomojox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/53383705953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32267273696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/42148648731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861228384d0---67912753414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28934464203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/49581816912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608669ce0af27---sawomejikupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/pajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/dorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvvrfi9l8ba5lfl25ltpse7km1/63824653699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/gafevipofuvisisuxapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dace8a5af9---40973957903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/42987727332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/befaaq7l4eqr9gj7kqf5l9b5va/kekawufevamebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/wekawaxekejan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=generic+bill+of+sale+for+vehiclePDF 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_off0000e5fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0E 17364 bytes
SHA-256: a23af07cf75187b2e94679355ee33f830bc53c5b220eb6f9ca617fe1c2418483
font_02_sfnt_off000129f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F4 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 4597b5e75644550e3f4ce4f4f997a33c170671e0f36111e3808d6b0f10b9822f