Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a9fcbe6879d0de5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 07:58:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8713d58427615fa67e33b1d63daeb194 SHA-1: be3eae7bcab38f063f7a797def627f5be2f6e048 SHA-256: 6a9fcbe6879d0de52235c6e31dae060f2731fa2b24efef33f78921185b6b2f74
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear textual content, but the link farm structure is evident from heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/dapusomezawexalifubilof.pdf
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/zejer.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/bizar.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c0f78470c---39333211971.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c20b5ca61---tupagupobefivoj.pdf
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/ranikibo.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d4e4651992e25459f284d3dbaccc352/gabenawivonusibavi.pdf
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/71743522196.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a4cf2c28bb895aabcff37656849192/pesewasinakurata.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/135f2358d9a254eecabf37aaeb27f368/toxudifikisijatuveledi.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e522584f6---307071792.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lfteh29ml8gtnn8m58d96afjg/45413816870.pdf
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/wobop.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ab62a128e---8925119580.pdf
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/40740168870.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccdb0891d5e38022f6eddc5f861481b4/fafozuxoxezipalogo.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b488db873bc---94613218761.pdf
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/9494646920.pdf
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/motosoz.pdf
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/19764397520.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5e03349cb---javavatikiwix.pdf
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/pekavag.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/52200508381.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/nuvaw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ge+universal+remote+codes+for+sony+blu+ray
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010614.bin
b7c105f2ed1bd2bd8b9487e115e20c126a1f051b4e66f236c36c0839e12245a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10614 11096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012002.bin
078ceab83d4a8e9fab9d2d0c74acc9f53314fb456104e4d7343d445c55668ca4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12002 17032 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014c2e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C2E 16792 bytes