Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6b67020f3896bd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aea74a5e09f4cf53d4e0b18917da4e06 SHA-1: ea590f9fc3e84b820e568fba41a94772cd7c1194 SHA-256: a6b67020f3896bd717b487d892bfa724616615dd2b56e15188ef000b30a0da33
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal multiple links to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting a phishing or scam lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6dld54a1t77f0hkoc0o43oml1/4524454240.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47aa77b9ca---kivifapixupeladije.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/06/25/file/20210625_130231_135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095589c76d17---29106039885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/13397899317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/44403192088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117b0cca3989087cd6ee388e97a07d23/dafigibunepivevutarututub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fcebf1f03---77227866610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de8d1904f4ccb37387a5e912ba6c5e7/xunegexoxijisajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe8f2952149---forirutokofuzebirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/5455028033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e22c7b549ff---sufeluvopijikegedufogefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/28727907617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/42194352732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/subevovebemokebepodinola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozilazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/pikepafiselisebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa177ae0472---37014942549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9a05850ff40779de6185e8529e18fa/xodakupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2c3f21c19---kidozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=livro+did%C3%A1tico+filosofia+ensino+m%C3%A9dio+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_off0000f9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AC 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 97d57956fbf6ba4f1450e355a0f55161ce6411104ae942b8be62a902a6206a22
font_01_sfnt_off000125d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D5 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 43001af7ba3ec7de93d1b78fb9f8f4e4ef52fc4e858e91749d10514881e6f818
font_02_sfnt_off00013f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1