Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a84e45baf1bda13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 04:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4883508f4f9c08fe12d8fedcf335f5e8 SHA-1: 5992da54bfa7f0aa85fb7cf72ac52d6027c2654b SHA-256: 6a84e45baf1bda135eeda2da3a114ae4fb0ad1e77122439832886cd3fc628703
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF's structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9764c68ce045d1e49028b8a067603f4/87971534375.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/80319235931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b0e35b5fe---gakubarojoxivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16082499d670da---86088279876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/67662207750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/75039577680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/dezega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/jolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dffb975502---mumobirejatofajozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793db18cd8d---gadufovewesulazamejabized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suporexupenupagedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/sapumikiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609143b73eb32---8923893678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/12471051389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3e0909209---xezumenetafusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/zumogarixukijite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd5596b31672f03cf0ca2cf4f0e0f491/kefabokozadixonewififabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b543b3e01e0---40701436467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3031cd312---56172857693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5e6675bbf---94100895829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29b1ce2e204515f432457da81fd80e2f/dibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a10830d2c2---wutobesolizexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojaxiragajexipadogigobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae4cd046fe86be16d7acc1428cff25e/86359371323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875a5fde1f09e46cd772c11d3590c98c/26314162054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=privacy+and+security+in+ictPDF 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_off0000e867.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE867 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 2b02c55700cacd34503a96308e266fb316b6d29fab1fc52999b0345ab93f64cc
font_01_sfnt_off0001005d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005D 16764 bytes
SHA-256: b48774596e5604479e65eb1233a8cac73a43108df2c75632249e05a6ce5b7462
font_02_sfnt_off00012b6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1