Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6861e653b1dd833…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 22:15:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da3de94cc738390f62f000590ab64b16 SHA-1: 0ff023bab0d16861b02f355426aac0bf28936e29 SHA-256: a6861e653b1dd833f6d53b82fdd0b4131ede68a58167f48e8b3216414e336fcc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further suggests an attempt to trick the user into clicking these links. The primary purpose seems to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607167944e7d3---42158789857.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/bapajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbce99a50a---tavejimubekuzelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/kijogazemiralutufilejujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/wadezemofeloraxilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/43963241454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8084a30c2d32a35e7d711974bc3d98/97472283514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavikejaketado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd6a93f51---49203397060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/ruxulotopedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46uc047216rl449qf2r30hm4ag/rarisiwerebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/57133276794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/gibofixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e74be0fbff---48672122247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/67127942796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/sepawexibekivuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujelafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/paxufinoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/veposikerutamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq3ukj8prmlutv2ckvcfldq732/28007854576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161164e07c52c7---dagewejemariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814c6d4abc7---mifoxonefezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/46972877409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab946d7ad5d---48070236048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+number+theory+burton+7th+edition+solutions+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_off00011889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11889 19388 bytes
SHA-256: 1c53aff32dd57d6d30e57d61883751b5584defa5b16e1c0c182bb5da6f6ca94c
font_01_sfnt_off00014a3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A3F 11148 bytes
SHA-256: ce42ddf4c8c1e08c1a120b2a8dea188bb791a2b63a68edf1d01d92498cf983f2
font_02_sfnt_off000163e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1