Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ea5baa8f4bea02a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

171.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:33:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 67ab193424cc5e2ef9fcf830cc9bdf95 SHA-1: 84483ac6cafe2d9381e0f08ebd535689b1410147 SHA-256: 6ea5baa8f4bea02a07ecfe7bbfdaf767c81f3c914c3114bf99580e1e37778301
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution vector, consistent with Spearphishing Attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/17959300171.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dc5394323---8050742894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sk2s36t6423s7jlmkcbp23fnb/boxuxogivozusiworudirixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d5c10d32b---39771682675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/lafowagevejefawopegukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0fda3aee6b422bdaba86b445883ee1d/12615176834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/7532375835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/3299224428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021051504243273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c914e100cb---zaramopesovumodifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca2ad4015b---69524238557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ba2f68f5fbf92333c4b5471340d383/71891456031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/vonigiteduwepanidasopevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/14826102423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1e616ea30570d2b37730ba893221f7/36674958761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5924a6039---losemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/891b2884a65e2291df3c9fc9ed1a6722/xunawolosulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2031e870f---vokuxetigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/91683292351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/degewiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/namawazikumenirupuxesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cc89ddd00---topavufefosele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/zibufopuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=side+effects+of+stopping+smoking+cold+turkeyPDF 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_off00023a31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23A31 20208 bytes
SHA-256: 38e7dd42d116cf378fe0daa171e95905fd2fbfa374750e486affd5cb5a3b8983
font_01_sfnt_off00026e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26E28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002863f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2863F 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 5a47d02013ae3c9bb46304e1fd80875e92a0b72ad5528223c67770c2fd0ed527