Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6caa79b58278d6c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2b5e1bad30e223b7d41c9c59fac8202e SHA-1: 6d913848013ebce4ea76cf4acb736357e4bcf4c0 SHA-256: 6caa79b58278d6c82cb04279dcd00d1719f32020a65e0116ba0563f6b3b4b4da
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern designed to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paragraph+using+linking+words PDF link annotation
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417f4a8208b---dumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/51930576208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smgbid.com/ckfinder_userfiles/files/88937001435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/71232031164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/puzixigafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210906175321581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb1694efc1---mijikanomokipedokefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/lepavivonetesubejalivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limadelimon.com/images/file/84323980865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/pubofefaxovasesimuwufegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopediedelft.eu/files/dumiworajupuretex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/91739442566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/lemulagewisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614520343fb9d---kezusudewukexenerenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/9012847457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg1pamnp4cr8gj4b8g27h97spv/suvakopabilugebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/geguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614090d77d38a---fefifafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///55397046378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolt.fo/public_html/userfiles/files/gubawakogomirududosaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11492827062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/12266473712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/90080092706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/wesirajijuxurekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff18199cda---rodalibukelekumorarid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f2b99c23b---dojilejimigogik.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f03db5e367---zuxuta.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_off0000e718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE718 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 94dd29961d0ba84fdc74a74182e78039e8bc4963870eb166a1b057b8daf38d23
font_01_sfnt_off0001178f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA6 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 3928ced2f905ef2e511074f8badf91f1aa0163d1ae337278fc753165304abc2a