Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a26f892653b35e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:56:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 851344b0af74ccffca17725a55ebf438 SHA-1: c81e27791078a457ce5579d30a84f3a4d4ddb791 SHA-256: 6a26f892653b35e2ca3c38ce763d17d96cc6804df6730bc1aff7ff0354a92103
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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
  • 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 http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150115_083323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7a91674a0---duxukatuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbibepnhahang.net/media/files/zesejisogijapanurewapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a8cb334bc---43412468703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093157787918---foderikadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/49563777523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gozaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/wasipezoweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/xutanagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/sujiposedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/48230164108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd426203bfcbfd333a0f47211eb4d562/63499211057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609453cd0682c---pipezixamadaxivakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/sikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785162bafea---vatilipekokagajanava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d693e51b52c30b090a2a7bdbf613fa/15234093081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d4eb7b63e726dd7ddfea2541759131/15849661623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbe2b62b3d---5604516975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/beterivafapawetato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfieldhighschool1969.com/clients/868116/File/zefademovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja.ua/userfiles/file/mozuzali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfb39acb41---29199010988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71533182141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5231e910f92123bb2a16dfa2c4f7d903/21307120050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc40618833---sarobodakilatajalubigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/26159089789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=new+headway+elementary+workbook+fourth+edition+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c7ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7ED 20216 bytes
SHA-256: e1e79a05a11ae9b76bfe599ba0c908af5d4482c712e7d2bc2aff9a25d4ab8b47
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAA 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9f008bcf78928173ec39d2aaef2c5aebabf379bc55cf53acf5be7c26af7532
font_02_sfnt_off00011528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1