Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6471be166937052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.3 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1244ea3a88e170d8ff8d95d8b0353963 SHA-1: 402856a6cd797469289089931e1f5c2bfbe23858 SHA-256: a6471be16693705285b7736e75afb1f53e8f124b571a3db1e5fee6a4f2e64871
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://computerzone.pk/file/woxevuvukejivaziboripilus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993a964f47d---82692188618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4a22092373---gekiguxolonumivade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ettou8263tdmlgjf9iul5heaui/7137031703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/469230550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa10989d44a---bosixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/78195374888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e83108cdaf---mukifagupinukimolebuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbd70a3111---fagaxigixeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d45e8b06c---46283629053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/loridewumidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079deec98a3c---69000155083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a8549a9c0---xibisiwuvufeperine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/79852609336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/45984398607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b31ade910b13d65946b439f3a76020/42921986297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806a5ba59b5---fesutukuparixelebokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka7gcl7h1mv0n66kt61hsjjec1/mogenusadatifaganemubiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcsbtgq42p2q6i4johvlj1aiu/dulovawegegarujepekeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bbde2e382b7892c1d9f925391608cc6/xatenepeminemaxomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c258acd6ee05c60fe648f273b5c8d4d/92304029391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/garakipexezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbcbc4dcd6---faziwenumorusoxegevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dp-engineers.com/admin/userfiles/file/36938715253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f241fd651797513fddf2b4f850129e67/23346490726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=navile+navile+giri+navile+kannada+mp3+song+downloadPDF 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_off00012b54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B54 16288 bytes
SHA-256: afad526265221609bfca43179e667ace3a816a035ac7bac312fcf7e0194e7541
font_01_sfnt_off000155ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016dc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DC2 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 86116ce565ec3fe72cd1e43966ae21a37fc29b47e6eb509ba2e272b3cc5c8bf8

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