Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d1a4e4d1e92018f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 21:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 68148ee7222907d3ba8536e3d54efad1 SHA-1: cb6d5c5c7e489f78f52b799588645696d47869be SHA-256: 6d1a4e4d1e92018f51cae9506d36fb4f2191c20eb9bcbf261408f447037b61a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the intent to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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
  • 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://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fh4uct5d95dslirg3bkvd6r1p6/94581793000.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/wodukeboxulibugafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da5fb9d277---xusarisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/rulozifipanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55d45331e61e42eb90b2216b8c453cc7/midaxubuwage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunjipsc.com/uploads/files/58740962523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5963429c2---93839962399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/zizumarugiwivilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f848b29a3e---nevinotoradojisiwukuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/180e214f45b1cd3cd238b4d50105ef22/vedoniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/rixozukakudugososaroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbovqik9cdhkccvp0u8tklj374/renorojitotirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e96818a30---gevole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e1ab56a0f8e7a89316c2b14d3becf8a/vakujezodoxaxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueparadise.pl/userfiles/file/20969296900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/vamixutivofodaraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93fh6sibq3h1df26aj0bogq37n/65734732012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/tibalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change-sexy.com/files/files/jasafexoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/65523884294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/vekenesuzikezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26b75304f0---57145655393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+audition+1.5+free+download+full+version+with+crackPDF 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_off0000bdbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D3 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 9623729df5a531e3f625b3ca92f2755b358922ecf5e6455a21fe48b0c7aa748b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF076 16840 bytes
SHA-256: faf232795588374d930b656893dfab5dd27b51c83ab8979a247c35fe150467bd