Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6aef27632eb6e61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:29:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 227c0fb10a256a5c63ea627d323e26f6 SHA-1: c982cfadb8238067a40fbb245ccd8ac6618e3988 SHA-256: a6aef27632eb6e6133d335af333717947cf5916f749e8b5d7b7fce6c32930dae
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' further supports this, indicating a common phishing tactic where a visual lure hides clickable actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b1a2a5398---93943901577.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://giaynangchieucao.com/userfiles/file/95745734243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24761391053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706a0208df2---97961529148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c65ec1847---burafisajakata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a026b7ca81f---muwunupixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/89874385979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/peziwapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f70785b0c---tugaxezedisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77300912350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612742e89ba58---25542028392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/motawumekimeximoxides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf754071e900b6420c90249e6bf70bec/29224299918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/fiperekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/vugelodefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d07ea2bb0---wuronuzexobototugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/muxarasuxijojaruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocgrafikavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/remawixofodogotujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/41231097337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dobibitevepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/35831099266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/69740512718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abc9ce8051---40863137001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/11718771977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608326db18e14---gekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=introductory+mathematics+for+business+and+economics+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_off0000b4dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCEE 14224 bytes
SHA-256: b37f4d4a74828fcaa10a762849820e6ad44fcee5212c0da7a4bf2d1db445d3ef
font_02_sfnt_off0000f010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF010 11144 bytes
SHA-256: d2aa4efa5617663bf1afcc970a8c3f8b71482979a4bd75cdc01d667f9b5fb53b