Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a4ceb089cda0a5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bd474fe8d3bb77b1b8ffc8ef7dd817d0 SHA-1: 4431774de5391c936fe20df37ad809cec84dfe30 SHA-256: 6a4ceb089cda0a5beb6c93a17e8da80a36e5cef23f6b0f25596ea388e988ddce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, designed to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure, although no specific script was found to execute the download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ae7ea5c4b16785bd24ea515c488b1de/gaxuxonikomawes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17675173035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/xukadawematalitakobazaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolegilaworubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tornado69.com/clients/40643/File/wibitituwekipopodotipuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/defuzurirumumeketujimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/xujobokikawojojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/51293919732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/85890795146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valerusogadejitaruderu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/durufifadud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19262597222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/loi661g8rtaqmkbscvuhi6eek3/63806586766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilevarugivubosabolivuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3fb2873bc---gaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f9a27a766c5d3d69b0709ad5fca424e/14290827981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f29bf8c51ab42dbb637d4361e8d24e4a/tobeganubevugituwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/divobomivikafomibituge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daa384601ba---23280459597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bc4f0e5d4fb035e00fe06908caa15cf/14783357249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/29383872081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/5841581631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bda5cb8420f82bfbd35066b83ad5406/paparuzaduwatis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/40007618002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=knowledge+power+talati+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000c519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC519 10816 bytes
SHA-256: bfc0a0b612fc7ffbc1ae674bb52fc6ecd5adb9d735b34df5fa2fc2fa941f0ec5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBD 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 396a6851f2baa2891e4c75c10ea160c83aa221be0499322154d4cf7c90397c47
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1