Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6033cde77405e4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 70813e7e300d67334f2687aa0061600f SHA-1: 26dabcf13f24f65a467e9d8a873cd5a57cf9d842 SHA-256: a6033cde77405e4a1b48bd7b9b867b5154eb9d9ed6070c3ab7c6b32f4d067466
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other potentially malicious content. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, untrusted resources, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daf6c13dc2---36740099573.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutasulojeraruvebeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bdrds6ccjklj5a2p13v5m8kjq/50168612230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c667de8c220---gunusidolomewadedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/siwetotolitepetafosari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fe9b0bd9c---tiwamatavazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a151d65505c143ecdc4ffa63e2f70f98/80843878078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/4768980870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ee45333e8---80866933784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754bfe0ebd5---jodudegomikukozurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l66uff7oadut56a9p0073cfimk/27217321957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96fa1ab89---towojokegijefavitoleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d343d33d24e---81304450172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/1833137351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9qqnrdpntki137rrofiv3vmf/taromoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4ef1c2d7cdafa1cfb1535828075b72/12866599778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d8035209b---gapufizoguwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/visapebeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832b25d60a8---5113469250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2efdb3699fb230619b6bdb24e92d4e96/90071258738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/141b948797acf15bd9a1e63c78953566/xulefexuxikole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e9b0438dec2b358d47654ee0851f0cf/65716645208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=take+care+of+you+mp3PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD969 18404 bytes
SHA-256: e12642c4e3c27f0a5a0cf2a679f8b5201caca1f3644379f156d3542c55bdcc8c
font_01_sfnt_off00010848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10848 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001205f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205F 10572 bytes
SHA-256: b6afbeb074008b56473e11e193c00b2935c7ebe67ea3bb0736a43a868799ec85
font_03_sfnt_off00013899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13899 1700 bytes
SHA-256: 15171638d69c9281a983de8a04f8d213e5ed86d33053034f6aa0dd130c4010d8