Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e43d6aba5a39717…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:15:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 00547fd6c595a690e030028142c31ad0 SHA-1: 9d0df83e044658a998eaf622a2d763e67f027aeb SHA-256: 6e43d6aba5a397177a10da9eb3dc9208ca1e5e8f5648feef83e132a21e764a0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, potentially a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ce016cfed---75789462495.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6trtt0dpjke4j502tgl9q823rv/64592045498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c4de8363d---kekazomuluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brnc85.com/clients/878796/File/zafinojujugefobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominopark.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/28988736545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnbttpq0drmbpfn6f3tag3ibmq/70052865642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/pefusiberaduxofexazufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxuwurexalivakowuluwobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/11745363874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2b929a0f2---mivolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725ef207dbe---rosiwenirenunesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/318dcae4443848c7bafae5f2c0a2b19e/xegewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f3191c632---52220259859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde24ea656e---82154783344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdb2973fda75aa6ed428653f092af58d/vokaxuribemule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb5b6d6861---83402059603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08bdfa99633ad0f9cd8f49287f0c1a5d/ginomopefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce18f35641ed2617ebe1ff4daaa56cb9/27469971482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/30591240864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d2ee7677a---rakabavanaxafesuxuwebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/27486544692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f575c148a42dd208044e22be3a033214/62701180461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/57031371786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=chuskit+goes+to+school+class+4+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f34a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34A 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 94a549a3b2d8732a09ec3b407c155330790663baf4bddde3550b32e6c73f5440
font_01_sfnt_off00011f64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F64 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 7adae57ed6c8039f952c246a5c6a3a935cce717f1b1c47e41d1d136bed8e8589
font_02_sfnt_off00013921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13921 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1