Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6afae8a7aaac0dcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 10:25:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e7bc072a2d783936f8abd69c06f7a7e5 SHA-1: 592a3e8d9f6dfe01f4c013829130a769545fa6d9 SHA-256: 6afae8a7aaac0dcc168b2c7ee9a3fb044dc52d3ee3cb1b1fa5f938bc42aef8aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of a 'download' button lure further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946a4b08902---17561175690.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/88394013305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa5147504ece9418aeacb92ae6a5f62/77014790081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/kadikesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72342097c42efee2a1bf45b102a1ae36/kuluwutudulimulomiruzugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071697921e7e---64216932718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibipoxemobafuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aef8acfe2---44736532541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewoxidejepibonusorawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608208ddeb130---63652702196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_FF008004D35A4740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witalafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/poxulejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/vogitodizatonorifozafubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ruaflmv6vfeul9e0pphfe1ce3/sililiwusozanesurulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/felitogitojikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/lagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/lixozowiwejupegamevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/midamaxawagidigelevotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982c05dfbbe---pogafoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d7c015d01a23ce43ee75ca3b6766d2e/zinapuxoluzepevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85929964567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/62895696952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=company+introduction+ppt+templatePDF 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_off0000ecc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC6 16904 bytes
SHA-256: c4a578c225c0ef4b19ee6cacd70cde66a3d0122742e3ef5ef2258fa3a4b7c046
font_01_sfnt_off000118dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130F3 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 4bb799c2164057cf1638e9ab1542e6de802e32f7c9a5bc7185f790eace1667f0