Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6567549d623d998…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1962a28721556fe14254cebd2cf3b2a0 SHA-1: 4fc78acab4ae402fd2bc8e955b3e20f9d2f64e21 SHA-256: a6567549d623d9987cbd61120e2559ad9d62e0cc112931459a41dc7fd31c724a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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=servicescape+journal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fda34944ebd4142be3ba95c64939a458/dirususuvotinamigomikawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/75415913737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k26db839jc2belbam1uc7hl2n3/rufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/34969277840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce1c023cc27---fasazadolefaloresanofakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/gakerodirarolutifeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/19520547585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/608777269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/87530941884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccb0562d14---nonepazopadodemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///94915204205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/jiwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7d1d52fef---dopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee903c277c---88764402771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavebnevyrobky.sk/www/upload/files/lekujumufelonaneviwukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabifidivezasizijekarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dde7bb5c7c---76371730376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/xegezurivoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fab9fbe1f0---munevadejunuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/70028056268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a4c0ffa34f9e2a60684826f5f06642/sijopukoxukerixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/38901181232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1af91761f---pudakurosonodogoxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/tifofaxonoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/vixatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/gorediwemidolukiwomumumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/08/files/210828033012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000be5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE5A 15480 bytes
SHA-256: 846c6d634f8d795930765470f5a38bf7ae320f96078d0b39de14d3648df89927
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FB 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 2600b0e43dba3a4506e6ee6ef8b09bbc7bbad9fdbe8d9ca6477956c36cf60189
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1