Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a3ebfccc4b65127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:21:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 44cec7b066491166e5c9a38aba19a8ef SHA-1: ea9d3ed0b787749a4b12fb968ff8431a4503f4b0 SHA-256: 6a3ebfccc4b65127760a84188e406f47cd0857a35d7f4df7afa02efa6ec3d9f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and link farm behavior align with common tactics for initial access via malicious attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729174cf6a6bb716ac60526ec8d902cd/vapazabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082de875f624---rofafikojalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothi.info/images/files/3191375098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16qe8685ph3outt5364rvuj2l6/pununidexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786b0085790---65163080790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5ig8dmn2mgbnn294sebb918o7/buzikedipusipiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/lolitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4bcd045237---vosolafezutudopakexapaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/95334042511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5d74eae0c---mekogafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/tuvoziwatagevunudebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9813b785ef1e17e4f772fe72a3da9f/93407248208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/93691060318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/82769660511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aekvea6fj7h6jptog1c2gg0a51/lavixojikomaparevoxasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec0e9a7c47---12442328168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/07/10/vugoxunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c88c705f---18588491819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98e85d2c15---86770453312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/rodogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d152134ddc15ad606bbf9697099ce00b/sibivesexakel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070067873a01---37165191423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/kudika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/kubewotofuvikireduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/wobifokiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=why+were+we+put+here+just+to+sufferPDF 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_off0000efd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EA 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 8c2d7e728f8d373bc87189d560167a961873506ab7935faceb0d9c8ed0a3284b
font_02_sfnt_off0001327d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1327D 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 4f50966eb1d6b1d76853fbd011d3faa3f620e7a85b866186b35229b455b53262