Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ac7797f2e71b3b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:31:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 852f822811311901bd909b4f36f49cba SHA-1: 35950e8205dbb6d736ebe20731bd892a8be916f7 SHA-256: 6ac7797f2e71b3b586618053a5de37e9d35a0e0d49e336fb6276f5af108f9311
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd63a5d86203cbc6aedb6008ea581ddd/7660173783.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba71c1bf131---xedugezixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulamevaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/26302416223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44eb929969---jenaparukisunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pidukefifitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f537272d46d---71597009946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b74f3383a---65948605881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac67ae4bd33---natuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161076c8d55e40---85265412411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d090f7f1ea6216ee33b91ed00a4017e1/fokulamikawadonewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a433cf5bd78fd7481a6abe21e9752eeb/katuxejasibikasobepokenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/96341648042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e927ed8bdfc9d2cd398338260b904bcf/15165852395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snbedu.com/uploadfile/file///2021072607012380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106bcbdc839f---71699211312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6043a183ef41bb8f6d14ff95dad3dc9b/39825311527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112cc5f9988c---direzudujevogukegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilna-ya.com/_userfiles/file/ledonutorusabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216302329385206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5337df95cb24ee12b3ae7c8195ab9c3a/8733940951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/kiwakebitilawogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/80397497766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dp02brm7i7evjfspvh34src5d0/gozesesenoluxegetafapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=los+h%C3%A1bitos+de+un+cerebro+feliz+loretta+graziano+breuning+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_off00013ec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC8 19904 bytes
SHA-256: ffb3b77b0b321ca4d99b63265eec56813f3af236d830e4b0ed76bb1b50371a01
font_01_sfnt_off000171c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000189d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189D9 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 7827bd6179f5436dc1995e44137ddfa2adeb44385f10fa145ff5e1603726fcf3