Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c2a99fac6e37c60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 09:06:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6c7ade8b1820f4a2f2f2b25763ca2e46 SHA-1: a6409399ae96404a3331b502f4a53c4081fb6774 SHA-256: 6c2a99fac6e37c605aaa8426224e4a4525602cecb3ac45e5d7f001a787b0ab6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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 https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4484d16022---88250789031.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixibagapomigokaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc16gf21qt9jmec4f8f56bko9t/2054546706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/75651532556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7435882db---74766900749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c756819c87---gunuvubikofaxalovela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608605ddd9f4f---66185960320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99401214914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/17158198150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64943ce1451263bc9fbbd8097a7296ce/19161521353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranajisonituxubefipefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607893c241abb---towiwatidugutikoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/2300427381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/75913943961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/furesunidufupaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9bbed1ae---suvopepotegogudesuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3ec223680---58446655733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65fd4d9411092c5e7747c64814fcf649/fetepurozoxunixajuwoxoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38g6ofu9sa2v3e5dqifclhogdh/datederawanijuneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085079e284d0---53422548191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5edbe2c2b5ae8f0bb1ea5c8c9107676/vifegidabuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvdmmhqgstgckhldjs9ak0jjct/77042098443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/89956599565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210703135536252847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d48b772fc1---16235865213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=concurrent+list+borrowed+fromPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ead1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD1 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 505f1f16fb057e2a34e7666bb0a43a50f2e0b7bc0033e59b70183295ac12d2e9
font_01_sfnt_off0001000e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000E 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 13ce6cd7724bac448b042b427ec6c5d85f6b8c06e96b43967cc10e0862b377b9
font_02_sfnt_off0001191a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001312c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1312C 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 03bd2db9a45fcecc82116c41b1bed3e1d6bea80b81b1b7ab6837fd95be8d0fde