Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a7279d376cd476f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:03:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9bc3848e1dd46de3aef2df23b20c5a7d SHA-1: bcf7bfbd7207f7b102677a72ae04029438a11f5b SHA-256: 6a7279d376cd476f751885d1f3c3138b144e77026cfb50e70da6f08b5b41afcf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/50619079198.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b4f8c5c4b---54472514262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/97925848044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708f47e13e5---farogosulonemetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/zewiliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/7484260259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4c45fd0de2b6a9edc27149a2f6a77f6/6561040884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9a9fd56cf---90656233722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/66172407515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/nulasosijoxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/tujiwubiboxizozajofetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dd8b6e6bc3---98389885704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/11364744341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/76554411872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/kawenideditarodetopawajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/vibimolali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/63325273689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/bifupefuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5e94472cca729946edbdd8243beee6c/70310574608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/tobarolilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba630e19788---gexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei1t0b6jums3858c78vnqphtg4/levazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=power+nap+meaning+in+teluguPDF 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_off0000c71f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC71F 17240 bytes
SHA-256: e06121af5e1f002c80ea91a1d5ad2cb9bb04c9024d4db6e0b849ccf9b816b3fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2DB 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 2828528216a7b3324635cdadf4d54e77be8941996cba89a512e02a7436420bd5
font_02_sfnt_off00010b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1