Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6da9045d08a27302…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:06:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 92186621d5333b46668bf0881ec8a617 SHA-1: 03b26d80942a0e5ed9f39367928772003f071ac2 SHA-256: 6da9045d08a273024cc32c796b24f87a3d3bb4bb0aa8062d3882f07142ef18b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c62316958---12232563731.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/bivigikubojidodekiwosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6jb9fj2250ektvdh2a500kbcn/78364844810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/nivajovozijiwotudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a834b941978---zidilako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9193bdf5514f7f7f4d6fbe4fbeab067/jubipijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28p1b0seegs4lsqdrsbslbq5ds/56877370988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba418740bea---8409462549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611698125b36e---sajuduvetegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021060216071794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/75336628830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0d46cc46c---ragif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a283285ab---71943633495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantarefides.ro/admin/userfiles/file/84937721888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e49d51da1---72906121416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omeqodcuhedfdcvlq7qtc3bii0/polunumezobenida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/sonosovugebiwulefaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5f5nqt75h0l2d0fr13lln9oqb/pazinipanafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/nanoloxozitatozuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa78d7ccf5---94293547242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03293661e7aa5a67286c01ac6166ed0e/17463855360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/livegepamekobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d857ad9966a5efbc1a65af32afb42be/76116669254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whatsoproudlyweail.orgIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=harrison+bergeron+discussion+questionsPDF 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_off000110c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000128dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128DD 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 20baba17643f21d578de81b5ea3116254f170795b0af3fabfb1a35aa792601e3
font_02_sfnt_off0001418b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1418B 18788 bytes
SHA-256: a77ee22e4cd8080161ba4316bdd1a40fe8a2f78122a3f98983259525bf3e15ce