Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bad6e0170a240c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

162.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 20:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f21793a7ccb2ac1f75afbd2cb5467f04 SHA-1: 2d549cfa6415f4eab486d965c5e044c42453fca5 SHA-256: 6bad6e0170a240c29f69953ab556ed56d33101823255a7b64999345927ea4393
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML flagging indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may also attempt to trick users into executing commands, possibly to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pediatric+nursing+by+parul+datta+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cf356ac15---83845790281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6779b8711---9121001248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b337f127---zariku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/557174612250e04f2ac3d971e0e8ceea/rinana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/4005147842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5574678cb8---jilumonebadefewela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/82009656155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/58268662260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/23014332242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb4ab74da9d0ba6df16cff789cf8f6b/bitumijurakutokikevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ca70ba0ef---lubuwebusipikoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/42854103086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8900476323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/9254376250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/ponosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/vufudixapebajofetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/40019351345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c11afc4ee5---lavisatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bc6f070bd---jisimagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dba3e21ff4---4298860038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1982thsreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85c6617a93da1462bf6c3e7dda9c043/File/zilaxavufodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8017ec5551871904d50b535e9c63d44/28489289660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/dimoguvosokawitivuf.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_off00021163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21163 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 5266d2a92e1572d3b41013179b04560f47e6d1427f1e2675928e2af1ff194216
font_01_sfnt_off00022b80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22B80 21656 bytes
SHA-256: 864bc04997c1986bbcb02d7d29a7e9d95424cc283eba1c90833adc9e90e5b36d
font_02_sfnt_off0002626a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2626A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1