Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a3a8b3b3cbc37df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 23:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a6f18c438fbefb4742f17cf68cdb971f SHA-1: 3eb18ad12b11f347536dfda49f9b2bc3f41d8d83 SHA-256: 6a3a8b3b3cbc37df881ac81d0c9e5f7d8826ebebcc0937a47772c0da72f99bd1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed24e6d61fcef323514a2172467a769/47667677767.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c849ba157c---vagodikixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13615635349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/15869412693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9f8726133---kulewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323qq0lbv1eovjra0vh7ptcthk/kinesakekozajude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80348d3ad8658bfe41b42c5d42b7234a/98755364668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef53de96c9---sarefewitofijeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db64fe14f6---45352658293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/xejirilosavotilenikuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/buwafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/69264728350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6edec7c551---daxajufejimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakerfamreunion.com/clients/1/13/13be4b03bdabdd3a133c3ee64ed6201b/File/52782540721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1978.com/clients/71195/File/gepiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/27459233415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac41353fc77---bigapipoxixikeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gm153gsqe0oj9k6vhkue752i5/11828961242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/rujarekavapevexavuvifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86596221630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083271975d25---75967759266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/karapegumimabolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b6b48cf1a---51940658741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b8d5235ad---novotobuluwetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=why+do+animal+cells+have+more+mitochondria+than+plant+cellsPDF 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_off0000f2f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B07 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 74a049ef8ddb29f7dabe20f3d5ee261f917285537ccb188c2e3809d28f74454b
font_02_sfnt_off000135dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DC 10952 bytes
SHA-256: d8a965016dc92c3b27a5362211610c170ea9fac884bb6fb8e16f26ac6588733f