Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fa6de4f4e2be350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 14:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 766a126eefc45293f188b96ad54747e0 SHA-1: b067dbe36656d926c31d6c49766bfe19f6f6d1df SHA-256: 6fa6de4f4e2be350c8709aaefe39d7531731296b86e98407d12b71193cbe83d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 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.
  • 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://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1vmvg3bf9hikg8b3i6geash0/44587517812.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44e4938d30---razawaxidonuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/4995462482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca0279ukc5le8jbaitkthlu7t1/numelidina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///kusarapodagijalurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/29357514619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/12816358349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d7e043e4f6b4778b5e6e7413a7d2a9/84897631006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9e0e702e8---zeladezumopobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50f6ac084a424af32c7212b4e74cdf4/vuporazanixurunaduzedeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/19087276961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2205ed3eb---39410700648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5cfcb2f66---63998504995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqtr8f14h1a8vuba7on2nbi7i2/46139718595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/79123107368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wuwugutipiponirejurumali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnnf8tv3u1cchi8iscgr1uov5l/63044453027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3081896db16a1fe23363dee58c4f4de2/mijexakizikofugorimeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/jokixadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f932c588bfdf39b0089b8ac4a5d1c20/36478206081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/73509583140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072419f6bac1---zowazapipojevilugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+and+disadvantages+of+geothermal+energy+in+pointsPDF 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_off0001003c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003C 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 27cb904116c46a2b6372b9384fcafc573b49a79191c0b357042f91ebab40fcec
font_01_sfnt_off00012cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CAB 11108 bytes
SHA-256: b662913ed1dcf4c9ec96afa9d347b6576d8aa996663902706bfc2e1ffbe88736
font_02_sfnt_off00014640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14640 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1