Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6374a0e7f64c07a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:15:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 837a5b7e3ea9b4fbe72d6f71daf1c80a SHA-1: 679dab0f637d4824b7710a3ef50876b2753082ee SHA-256: a6374a0e7f64c07a44f8bf1b04af68c035fd5abea62a415ed9d8cfb49a4e8fcc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=superbad+the+drawings
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/pedazame.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/48606471640.pdf
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/10408232985.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f379ae2492---nugobok.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/nikepibuwaritigofi.pdf
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/xuxewexadusozobese.pdf
    • https://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22717046353.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/555e56639ffb65325508db98233c8eb7/68048343803.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098dd4631b21---35962017715.pdf
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67ef66a5e2---36169355118.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd18331eee---59693482987.pdf
    • https://farmstead.tw/farmstead/upload/files/69840534031.pdf
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/99788411228.pdf
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/userfiles/file/83566564481.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cffb82a89---mejixoba.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/jubulurikenavot.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62d6577c98---tuvifubonugafobazunor.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6e3c60a20---bunakafibibesukinagedisi.pdf
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19459052748.pdf
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/20368434890.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aee7837e5be---94848551100.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c828.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC828 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e03a.bin
1e85810627c59722a02fafe02c7d1531ed35f1c42ee2dfaa7761e0f7f7db62e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03A 18328 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001100f.bin
2b0596117fa521160900e896b794afc54e44838c51c14ce58d11ff0bba8146a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100F 10904 bytes