Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a2bc98f0a74a78b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:31:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ede2b4cafec38a8c41b5a5cb7d11b3dc SHA-1: cb9be5e944aa5d2e5e63ceca05e3c69c1742dbdf SHA-256: 6a2bc98f0a74a78bd764b961720a10501452779bfa80f0e6a29835b2021bdbc3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, pointing to various compromised WordPress sites and other domains. These links likely serve to redirect the user to a malicious destination, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The PDF structure and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=analytical+interview+questions+answers
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/xukawera.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/jofekavemafopogixi.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce31a6e5f4c---22424508892.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a138945bcc8---pibedevovapazigagonokad.pdf
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11e886cc8d---27257800820.pdf
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ee7ec8e6808fcba4ca56ae438008c0/64069207009.pdf
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/visaxaxiwalibabidenun.pdf
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/mirebiwune.pdf
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b13c9c89edf9de6fb487aa913241019/33414495727.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e526909029c1ddf3eac29d8696264e/dukixiso.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c226e30ea35---diwokoxixixomawegopawewap.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323cbd652c61d60e9d0f857aa2fb835d/jonivataniroxawugilaso.pdf
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpca04u1gevua18q057jte0inl/moralizutuwebugebele.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a343e4acf526608dc0d1e7d1552924/zapigalijo.pdf
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/38183338943.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chc63ick8akb86q35dhhsu4so6/jewukoreli.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/8438757245.pdf
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/9380734160.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de978d2390460528dedc6f68397f468/69431384375.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d5bpp7ccs5gt8u3t510nkbl03/giweterozowu.pdf
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/26264629896.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf0d2a0479---tadanotapavovenopedigavuk.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010d14.bin
d33d294c20668a73b7d92b0894d101a6886c4c644d75a4b8c19034a686ee27a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D14 10716 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000125f7.bin
fbb89f52d6edc2c829b8eb6c33ade0404da17b311566d31f4313a03617cfb24b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F7 17792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000154a2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154A2 16792 bytes