Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a693cb8187a9fd7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 5c805cff1201b57dab59bc0f1584c9ae SHA-1: 122ee10cbc284aec6fb375d2e2f47ae4c8abec15 SHA-256: a693cb8187a9fd7ad894b3f7b4185f1c662302a4833d4a4cffc284b12f4532c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toshiba+portege+z30+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c0ef76f56228ead8aeca6a56facafe6/3103641111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91819137033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607052b071b26---91655795012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17924ea89b956e4c88b8f54196c05a5d/52055518676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents//files/wiruxavuwesenoralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/mazuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/5771913970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/80717324526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2647466d64---sawibepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/58001373291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b67f1e0f62---62060689273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a2bfeb87d---kaxumezajudujimavanikazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda097b75e4---mogosejagakasegadepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/68708484566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5187de121c---23622448064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/71074299750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/jejiresilapegirexixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e345ac9d6ecca8e95f1413586832f7af/76699996889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b567306ce02---58942464834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/19731974276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc3969d33b6---5044314834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samuelben-horin.com/userfiles/file/fumuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/lejuzejegoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e79427aba---59629470339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8cvqghkmb9qk85p9naqhdtg55/40325964148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105e9d4b115a---54674229013.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_off0000ff7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7C 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 072f231d9c6bd3b1e741dd6d47a24c3542157ca0fe3f1a1c4e1ef214fca3c6da
font_01_sfnt_off00011991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11991 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A3 18444 bytes
SHA-256: c6474bf210863a92f8663761288abfc0190532ca52a3a046f96f28b1ddc62c73