Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aecb06d68bf4e75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c66cac3711dda3f90dbfd2bdd311ff98 SHA-1: 06235696c45a8bdbda7451e458ed0f715d026493 SHA-256: 6aecb06d68bf4e75fedd563454875854c0ba9357ae281542a1b674d4830f10a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links strongly implies an attempt to lure victims to external sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wolf+of+sea PDF link annotation
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/99574634946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d9128a706---koruzivekegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6sh544u9st487mevu8nta5vbp/30967096325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/segoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowikuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392bc0f33a0b4330d356931e4ce099b4/88599532809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/vaworutefozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/lopasanedaratibojazigebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/rebuturavegiwajalafivara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861bed6cfd4---32490955750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/butekarodugukofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd51b7c03c4---wolozotorovajipesijokupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4rp69iahvgqahhdpbsls8tp0/nararen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/92793079264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cc147dfd7---58250703327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d37afd00b8---nukolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2deoh6fd82gie2fkoq1oil8cv/62652749265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/botibamoluwuzuvebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2e283a025---93610315004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e657560be2cd6394551a4e7070b143/pabutogimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c3cd3265d---lebinirokupigufitesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julapiwipilotemunakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/regexutixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/bedizemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2iefjhms68knm936eqmo37gul/71290105192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/xokoziziseramewoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085b5506aa0ea734a07203398e45da51/64703426089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dce4c35f5e---jopiwepafijororojewover.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_off0000f89d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF89D 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 89871e2c195ccfead12019c4130842e3b09b513c5ccccbac84d85c34fd79205a
font_01_sfnt_off00012531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12531 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D47 9804 bytes
SHA-256: 2a89d4701931e54e1c226ce36bbc7185d21a23fbf657bdb9161cee1a15b7d74f