Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a34b5c06b962612…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 17:10:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b7ad41bc8c1fdc645735c592f12eb36 SHA-1: c06af11ee3b028c2eacfcc1a71f156c015de042b SHA-256: 6a34b5c06b9626124b48bac969556e312a444e7c8236005c4ad194f6e5075416
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further payloads or conducting phishing attacks. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=us+coast+guard+exam+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61b1ce456617dcd3c32dbb7de539e545/80133666129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/49324622091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/2766989192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2bi18uuqcnhoclhmailfo2jns/76847533423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758a676be500f588e853c6eacf6beb4e/tukitufebisukolavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/jewogemiserunumaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hds2465jnau2ckujue1ii2l7q3/33585489027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/77661071016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de926b3d003eb795c60ec2614dbb6ac4/11172271127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efddb5ac76---71267450440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizadixakivuxobuvimijumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/tuvagedujenoneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.com/E/file/wepabevokin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srsheicha.com/uploadfile/file/kedanugatabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/wusimusakopegudeleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/5320363807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/1559737475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9264514317---xofewanuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/fexuzatijesuratuguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/nipawutoragufurede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0d59f1442---77500270589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/zilezetilawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87634561bcade558f1d7f6f73b5a8470/wogidasakemililagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a2e6d6ce8f88d84d4ac9bfda5d9225/sijike.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_off0000ea85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA85 17596 bytes
SHA-256: bdf16f66c1fa9529ec8020e2dba01105924ec4fac34f0acfaa55b59ec5b78d5a
font_01_sfnt_off00011830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11830 11356 bytes
SHA-256: c69588c799389adc3dde199c9c3888955632525308ecb84292d8dd5a0fc9f1ae
font_02_sfnt_off00013285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13285 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1