Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a520b6fc877c44a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ef69fedf17c1d0ffd6cd8ce5bfe806da SHA-1: c1bb388f776954d1a26c7f25335c6a9200cd2877 SHA-256: a520b6fc877c44a58b1713a5eed4b5d25bdabd3fe343cf68ccefbd81bddd9927
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing phishing lures or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns suggest a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0128ab456a---vazunateresorilodofin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62f207559a34905f15c68e18df471616/mixiguvowijexasonekiperub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/zinijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/taa95k667le85qa7jtndgabp9e/rurevulenuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5020e6d69eed29783a8678a05bec03e2/38219046836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/96536943057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/65458862213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n634q7foott9ounrp784en9f0/72654597406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/49265521867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/famufagarapulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/07/05/68059763626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfedeqqb4pogknof80dgc70367/bazojevaluvuremirawujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/66938502634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cd301b7eb---viremakijep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/suvipepelagatodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/wopitanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/dibawusaturexakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/66414899460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44b3e8d2a8---47365175239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68806779194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/ganiwokukino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607807285244b---59057582697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/bugixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziviwaxabamumugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa4dcc8544---kabalutiduvetojebujijiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/lanejojisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=notas+de+flauta+dulce+facilesPDF 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_off0000e986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001019d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1019D 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 8fc788d09b320b225fffb7ff3c650421b54980adc69cb4b858551c0fe3698741
font_02_sfnt_off0001191d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191D 19036 bytes
SHA-256: 2904d83a6a9f6b7017231bcf2f14c73c078bf931c96b51dcab79ba593e691c51