Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6a2f7032609b6dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2083a9a1185855fc26495b64f9926d6f SHA-1: 249fa72ffa3aeb20982ca5385c2bd242fba638d6 SHA-256: a6a2f7032609b6dc6f70ef543ca0bc2b7bcfe358d0c573570c799b3a4b3de1f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malware. The PDF structure itself appears to be a link farm, a common tactic for phishing and malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889e9f5ad4a---bovonozise.pdf
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607938a8b45ad---79346680299.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5858c8fd6d4fbbe8f629881cd7b49d84/suwitofapiliratatorisalud.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc88be8bfa---pakivenikuw.pdf
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210612_151327.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e2854366---92369869795.pdf
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b9a16424d3881d2641a37c13d2ca080/rasazibibajopamotebebike.pdf
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/38183704300.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a688b4993---85456362678.pdf
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/64378967064.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081389c1edc4---81812890096.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/mibarepugejuzisinifoj.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33k2qr2urfujm4vl1bpl5v8d4d/94936479518.pdf
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe2dc48d876a79315cbd1b842ee65e16/bokabinisofotugiwesemeki.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dcb3415d433af7731453ac7a3f1ad22/mezadatujikivariv.pdf
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/77375724826.pdf
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/narenelubuxidedesekiw.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c45b966168---budovonapabiwoponimojozod.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/gineji.pdf
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/68413978358.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/83855787634.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=scotoactive+stomata+are+found+in+which+plants
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4c01f97d02c373490f6da8313917525/jivobebalukolosalojitoj.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a2d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001323f.bin
244be7b68a2cbdca8ee0b2a6e9843b852bef7e0bd0a108214211131a6ca5faa5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1323F 17932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016188.bin
a53b5c96bc1c317043e1998b92cd82c82f37a3a220fb1e18422b88c5d5ffdcd1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16188 11212 bytes