Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a11f0ef5106e2f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:46:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6414bf6f8a6ef067de7dee710a841807 SHA-1: 5888ef761c47457bb1208214e97e438fdc76fecf SHA-256: 6a11f0ef5106e2f76f85d762c0aa67ab6a76f073f49b4b8bef4d61775b1bc0e6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains minimal text and relies on an image to entice users to click external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The document's structure and numerous links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious websites for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=embedding+video+in+powerpoint+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/83693015601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piauiaqui.com/ckfinder/files/nibarotaraludunune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/66175306808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/jejulosajofarofazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a42920927---bipolowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/76600382258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210523110950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7ae6f3cd3---wuteledobibozawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/lozorawatidugotoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/57230839123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac747eaa0b5d8b84343d3281e428867a/pozasoluwiwemaxibelebebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67835307257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5661955a68---xudaguviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/45249856916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48bb7c4c25---90880674675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b24eb478d---dizoxujubamulaxuvonemigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwartetproforma.com/userfiles/file/47344018971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreambeauty.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/93526331560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/54431517868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54087708931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d34bc9bd10---61015992986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/gonametumujugirorik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkeweblongan.com/upload/files/pewuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/funafotozisufekukepedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/mujiwotapemixamimoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6bd4f73b07bc53757f549e73a96789/goxukisakariz.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_off0000bb43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d35a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD35A 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 24b8e7518af25d1c281ee32c0f7e2db00f789c057e63525edac5d05e92c2f21b
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB95 14208 bytes
SHA-256: 2238dd2edfc3edb9a95f7bd3f69650d0733c85d321cfb09886ec41c29aee2f2b