Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6169f60b675c2bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ec659a6e34e86fb4428a0671fc823965 SHA-1: 317225150c5664417d716f3462b7ac98058dffe2 SHA-256: a6169f60b675c2bf7246c75a736efd0a234e195cd6d6afd815689d555791f89b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall heuristic profile strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://pichsas.com/file/19539732631.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/81891094568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87sb5j9osiuhjjagll7d5lthen/lasegexeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75120a18e4---34582472569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/medesobosafapubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4070409280---83826277960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/75687736923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/3825568543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/xajutevumumixisedumuwuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/89306891090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd3b825a2093610e972cb659d998d3f/pinuripazaxutenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54d899247bfc414d034e20606aed62db/20494431235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/23351781747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a892664cfb---94918398499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867b543321b---79650945945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/28909253122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a695cf415---zugogitateworikunugekadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dixemevefaneleleguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/30806052201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodegesosuxatibulotujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/larosinapefoxezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021052402505473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/rodubixigexamefufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/72640302726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=wait+a+bit+just+so+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1FD 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 367c293972f8449d58ebd9a96779b3b1c548f605ce0e19c04231d01fbafc0385
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5F 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 451d6c28d908590b1ce4ab0f670e127e7bcb9407ed9804bde93420789eba0b9f
font_02_sfnt_off000119c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1