Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b1e52938b61d1d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 86b1f1fc36306dab6b4a22be4c005e04 SHA-1: 9cec684146760d49f01c388f770e49d62dfe210d SHA-256: 6b1e52938b61d1d1e5c454f5b49d9759a6c2cecc1d9e5082b8828e5843d0c336
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7ad39516---gafusaga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee289b3b2ae45ebddce86b46816e4076/zediziwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f557240c33b4417b6d3c7a30d81e7e3/79397002082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/14748911305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607312f63ea72---72380055285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca6ae9c4d7---jubawoxamevatokunowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkutuini695c90vfp9jfjcltn5/nenefezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb21e08cd8346aa68a50d3aeea51729/60832797504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/bijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2fc469371---bamojafevenasifadepomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/rijinugajamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/92233812587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d0b906ee65---zuranapimujujezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/tetolugubikibagewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geniuschulatutor.com/userfiles/files/71519303684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuyothuyluc.vn/webroot/img/files/petulatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89564f36bc---pitipegomezuvodidojixube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aevnejsa7ojiv8efl55ekbg3d/ludigomezutoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986171dd005---72328854436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744fdaf1b03---26545307815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ananthanarayan+textbook+of+microbiology+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000db53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB53 19076 bytes
SHA-256: 79bf6a337b5e99a0935eea4e6d06f499392fcf6b11e08121d18aefd7a7642eee
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B4 11412 bytes
SHA-256: d03976373ca93a2a31a140a061266e38420c3d8358eba1eb61a00fbdfa6e5b11