Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ca27096201b7318…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 60bdc61cfa22a46d4caf5c6209b3f6b0 SHA-1: 8bf1bc236db7bf79f962a3d20dea623a0202430a SHA-256: 6ca27096201b7318222e5d03d2566a3561313386f4ac9da0cc2fe552e025e044
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only content and small file size, typical of a screenshot designed to trick users. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a mechanism for delivering further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pc42mrdfi71ofatme2rehvic00/sisozoxedumirotuwilolasal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bc7f857fc---62384045439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliotoconsulting.com/clients/862286/File/51767436385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bdb9cb93feb624e4325cdbd1144bb1b/96944175642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756ce662cbc---88095976421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/gotudikidosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/75360463372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/solifafosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0107d4bf---20163809210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/23510982189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edb56bc2be---12905986459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/pojuxapozexuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/vuruginijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48a63cad04---33866925740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/93421814896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/65387297592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4f138b5bb---dilaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/40482745073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/29529965439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/wufajasazoforiborop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=seeing+things+move+in+peripheral+visionPDF 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_off0000b70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB70F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF21 13856 bytes
SHA-256: 9154485d533eace3dafff1fa42f810e8f11ca368f6f7dd2e6eeeaff26b5448a2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FD 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 362b90bba00e6a52d0f54397ea796097fb7b79977dcf28d4be970d1ab752762c