Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a94f2beba24fa34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 923c99e60662bc9ec4080dc87bda31f6 SHA-1: 57e0fe209596615b861f82f58e7b96ce889bc3da SHA-256: 6a94f2beba24fa342156cdd04fa4f933b6afb87260ccb52c893e50b65fcd8c9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to disposable domains, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading potentially harmful content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+management+book+pdf+by+vijayaraghavan PDF link annotation
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nofv869trrnpog1clsasohhj3a/pemabarepebuwoduvaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108e9aa293ca---wunarerejovufufuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cnul5qigm7v3ufg9ndn14ia7g/jedijixobeselarixumopogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29963019150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a35cef61def272bb84be0aa3d15efff/45315028829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nuqpiebantg3p8jr92o95df0c/89044452062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojepogigufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flavio-tonon.it/public/file/tuzikexobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/28419711534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607510ac037b1---49130857483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/patupamuzugarelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/31919504650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fce89b40f6a5610937e07e2209aac09/remizafaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be441cbf0af---wamijutebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://produccionesproezas.com/clients/2/28/28ea8f13eb032e89cab2838ec144e7af/File/10701716817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/35176945173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/44555209323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c25f42ef2faae53c5764d15fa21dcfa3/77189851897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erimti.com/userfiles/file/ravewunubuvanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607055d99f9d7---21623982393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b09ec1b808---surupemofekigazevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c16c08ec2c6066f69298ab9fc57369e9/temowadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947a4d159b5---texalaruxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c08d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC08D 17800 bytes
SHA-256: d31d14af20a449e3938f92cfc78538ebe987d654ac8653d52350a110a3472c69
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001069e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069E 11612 bytes
SHA-256: 1ee97690fa710f86bc0c41f33d3ddeb1edc5ae1e54c7cb81e9c757d8aa0e8abf