Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6ba9f1d35207c0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8a666671852dd7c52eaf47d1e9f6b267 SHA-1: e47c2e32ced6f7c93f83563326f76fe6f87e8765 SHA-256: a6ba9f1d35207c0ce6ebf2d84f06283828cfc4009d4a6f83bfc12dc40caaaae6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute phishing content or malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=short+story+review+sample PDF link annotation
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb87228dc7---ludigisudotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8642527034---8071016392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/62320354576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/80066220607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085436ca632c---nigesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29ce5c54ed---39056383471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/bokalopagogesuviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5ee71a4e---3408480267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/8974241277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3f6c75d50---kepodomanerilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ba4b59668---2804376841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f1c0e707e---zupizujagasigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de0817df4ba---25166154289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73764752070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b699dbd2cb---zotaposip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vodinorerasekexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu35cgnquue69cje73hq5dh0j0/lilajoxovivalegumovogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/52196940784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///86041605270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21fa4fa5d9c939508b29263e1f5e949/zugetipuzasiwotomowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e975058eb84fbf80015aa85d3eb7aef6/revawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/79514059420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0270261690d00ca68e571bcf056c8cc/kibupukeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoruxakazerupemepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluedevils59.com/clients/862365/File/topuwatediwefure.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_off00010460.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10460 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 3ea67f5e29c27a4d6d153faab778aef60ab9a7a363078b588e375f71742e6366
font_01_sfnt_off00011d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D36 16672 bytes
SHA-256: a7f8e467172e9fd6e430b4e40f274397ce5948b2d0b83a207037507961ab8ba1
font_02_sfnt_off00014851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14851 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1