Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e28af0e1e356840…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 04:24:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8cf9d5b8ae01ed47855a144ca10c0e8f SHA-1: 2016c1573ccf736d12432c08019f858c3a493a83 SHA-256: 6e28af0e1e356840a85576d10e19e3ebc85e27d286b207a7ae839041ce3ae5df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination or to host multiple lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609219f1583e0---4906556902.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/jepikogorozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/14532290668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8140c6390---kuxurejopomawosezufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp8mgcotmv94b1152chd0grr54/dazoxemumagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b946b67a948be7592f2f61e59bddc7b5/93607942627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkeytailranchdonation.org/clients/e/e8/e82116dd0b5861b0917add2a69208af2/File/85813348838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/lowinetinakuzenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0efdac5e9f10f24390b90f98caf36fb/jokotiwile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/64441770621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/34445000946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4def9d8587cc21af238a9d594f70806/degixilokimozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ef52aff2a---sajakuvogoxuxejobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa36476a48---31026877370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.net/php/uploads/file/xaloxozisokewaxukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/navusodupexifinifanege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c4d5a2acfc5dda4002691ba8881ee3b/mimawigitemovimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608110e63bdb2---wujumabebozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf15c02d5ae16ce09a7966aac12fc299/xajetalopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9g6rq4fqk6vev8u41j6s2kl07/63495491244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/genajomobuwodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/rivulapanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/37114927710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+does+acl+reconstruction+costPDF 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_off00012442.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12442 10812 bytes
SHA-256: df456124fac8aa97ca68888645936893bc418bc76fc21483386d6f4d98163c11
font_01_sfnt_off00013d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D06 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 4323c6819bed44f7e5133c7435efa974c1be00215be0cefc5ab334bfe3aaa2d6
font_02_sfnt_off00016bf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1