Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6808bb167000847…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:01:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04da6e64888096c7cf383c9c75313f86 SHA-1: e4170a30d519e714f46c6798ad94522b60db02df SHA-256: a6808bb16700084782282f36c9c5e24026def0056fc4120e3cdcca236fe9baf9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=y%C3%BCz%C3%BCklerin+efendisi+kitap+seti+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://alstar.uz/images/shared/file/nimalate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/wabarodadulemasokinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/69068581683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghethucpham24h.com/upload/files/bijawujubafowupivuxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c60d05e8f547c4fc478ffcac6b8d3c5/gozuvabidunonolugewudetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp6tn6mpe9tbbl8cq055doj9m7/44788688343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lemixin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ce596e102---xunoxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d5526e2e18e578c5b48abbc17b9453/zomazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d248490cd---sezujaloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/4896764815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/31429392552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4d346a4b2593c8e45c19401a66b661/44855608564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec8249738f---zosozesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0d042969a---95997889497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/27790149413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/40926226533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuethietbi.info/img/files/32139908165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/42822622934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1e81aa966---mirabapaparozidoduledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5253d1c41---wonar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc1cnj6ocd4gdvfpsrmelf5l12/sozukudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6n4rdlo7hirrrcsgq80inbslku/simisufokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607882e2bf73d---95727314286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdogmbvn8f9gmd59id9treoei5/nozokobofozosafumoxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/ledimamadufavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/58858680744.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_off0000da1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA1F 19192 bytes
SHA-256: 3a1fdffc7b6f66e3fa687724203af1c39f5c7feb3404dcbf7b40499c6d75cd66
font_01_sfnt_off0001089a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B1 10696 bytes
SHA-256: d14fb698e360fccc0a9ea3e8a21af3751560c17778e9bfa556e9f09e020fcf03