Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b727962a8952cb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 09:43:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d6ae99075264a219146da87bd361d2e9 SHA-1: 8606bb6d712fc452786868d1780ea85d6c929fb6 SHA-256: 6b727962a8952cb56e41a8e2e4cd0a2c082bfbbd26f1b9f9dd811e67dc4ba9d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to distribute further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/wisekelotanamugazeliri.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/nakijoniwosabetalutimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8b447dfad---vilire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac620f80371fedacd2080766cdbc59f/lukejuxibabofaderejipolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e59784dc710---49751613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ictu8f99d5q8nkf95n54bdj876/42972661612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51www.org/uploadfile/file/14ce46f4cbc3fc2b1a8104882e783231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otpcljiuslphva2v13qf6lk4v6/44860052969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afde630f8aa---duwege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/wazulitisabisazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/zopedokabojerituwovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f282a81335---mibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/5181700260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/zaxutaxodeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n64dpevu9fn5l5kf1kl4kbo890/63830349212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/rigimubidemajuwomedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/domudoriwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b574a85db72---ridovojoxovetotukadanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f12f3bc19---momowodunigexoxogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d3361aa0a---18552960641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/31134636225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/bexitajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87589b09c04d21b4d0558aac2b53b488/56628938689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modutosokikoninivodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+rid+of+the+cookie+clicker+hackPDF 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_off0000ed22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED22 10652 bytes
SHA-256: bbd386476603930e36dab6dcb360f4d1ba0795d2ab46d5f017604da2656c0770
font_01_sfnt_off00010578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10578 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8A 18652 bytes
SHA-256: b8d7cfd7ed4a4e75199610f3f6a2311c37b1e6f620d96c547506021fa405764c