Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e164650edb1b8b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-19 23:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4eb7308095af2a86d10d8b0183a2ad0f SHA-1: 8695cb3e1267506a7c5b9aec66154dbeea7452f1 SHA-256: 6e164650edb1b8b7f9a1d1b3af8a8d9a93c03961a0dc24528b5ba7592a05a777
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure for users to download a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mod+casino+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8141vj0i3pp97ob7pg86hecp0b/79755188591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbql31vk8dist19228vk4rkqr7/76721496881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/72743856442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efsf5gt18eivbtl1l6o8v0eh0v/87229745859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/29805838893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ca236ab3d---54282621847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6804d7cb769d1a5d9d62435f612b5ce9/97520705333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607025de93958---xemagisuxubuzeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c2f1a2425---14374360710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2828d8dd505fa3b8916448670a5ea5ea/zagejigojamuvepiradutiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc24868e1b---60231871979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a831e29e2a---liwujemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/51613631938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525247lbmlif459anrtqn21v92/23036137756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082247005575---33337846208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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
    • https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63E 6588 bytes
SHA-256: 4e1a9c4cb32f1bc4ff176ae4dc1460c31b2d267bf2def0252f23ad2731e7be72
font_01_sfnt_off0000f686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF686 2992 bytes
SHA-256: 235c7be2a3c038822f3d903e5c7291b7a1e9c5ce3a55baf5bc11140592609d3f
font_02_sfnt_off0001011d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1011D 5008 bytes
SHA-256: 73386f029eb2f9829a08c9a0250d791362efc4a9e36e8c90ca5aa88316d5c517
font_03_sfnt_off00011242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11242 6888 bytes
SHA-256: d0822c3f1078ddce25433cae2ce1f339f0e9af0af050d809048c471d5cfe9724
font_04_sfnt_off00012a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A35 11808 bytes
SHA-256: b1a1b7782ce463d72f0fe260a1d4c9d29f429062b32b97bcd28ed659a4e127c1
font_05_sfnt_off000152ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152BA 16380 bytes
SHA-256: f5d3cb7966ac41e8fe536b248f54dcd44519e5769b129cc6b686e4d1cdf44bd1