Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6a87feacec06d62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 625daca9643407346fba1db51f5fed9b SHA-1: e8aa1acf3db8598f02508c70f8b75030f1ff1dc2 SHA-256: a6a87feacec06d625e1a2dc3148317271d39ffdc6ca8f2ae3c85d955de114280
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point towards an attempt to redirect users to download additional malicious PDF files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/gudijotejade.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/41237427152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/sumano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/65970127946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65564652260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artdecor24.pl/uploads/files/40475503253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142017ab3c33---jaxusulekiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/78219691745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/xotusapamipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71867445013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/mebuweveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0663535001633020882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021091702053862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flywings.sk/UserFiles/file/72764621118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bd4d2d95ea3537c024a3180c2baf6a1/mudetefabuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2osievpnb4ho5n9p6if7aoe5p/wevivupaviromadolovidasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/mamovijukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615602c725ae6---ximeruvibutowufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/88409283982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniuniversity.in/ci/userfiles/files/71136087746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_AC7B80172574F77F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/mononibenufixerinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guus.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17846036671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=air+fry+chicken+nuggets+timePDF 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_off0000b1c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9D3 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 921877b61d64907a358448ca9c4482f820c31c568eaf14b1cae7e05aa728c089
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E4 10740 bytes
SHA-256: d55dfaa66ce8179b941b075f058a426bfc19c685dfc725678a83562f1a98d493