Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a481f486a6eb4e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9dbe664052f902bf99069a93bd6d70fe SHA-1: 0150e25d99c308304660783e5bbf675377a51efa SHA-256: 6a481f486a6eb4e0e456a431052078bbdf3c13d4044e87108f66e4fcdd7ee0e8
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' signature. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a strategy to distribute links across many hosts, likely to evade detection or improve search engine ranking for malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3652

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=servlet+tutorial+point+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/36365804423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1960.com/clients/8/87/874e400c25abfb160fd1c0cf9913fcd0/File/47586154739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25131276587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/gelebixenilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6f504a56ba---xawedusodifoxopezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/lurogoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cc2ac7431---29745783968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/6569189128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41b29d0b01---mebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/88412891401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/51355978334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161010a6b11292---jusenafazaxerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b5e6880e5ee39dedcd2005ef1a046e/wufifubukapowulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62fd9aa8c4a555a6f24b8df52da49894/vetezoruduvagiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/fobimirugisozafasosasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/727941958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejoxubanituwerezedajigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/64977273859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1d220d263---mefarulefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/46641434754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096039365e41---81346775818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/48530370212.pdfIn 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_off000134b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B1 19472 bytes
SHA-256: a0b7485ca35b6c3637d804ebc7a082dc88956aaaef5abaaaafa8fce16506dabe
font_01_sfnt_off00016818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16818 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001802f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1802F 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 62dde58e2f808d47b0d9866bcd4aff8c0ef3b6e87a5cea632cac651d3b74bb5f