Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6bc533f220c2c12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: df52fbdad7849d38827b37f807cd367a SHA-1: 41eb4c1d5330d90c2a5fe95728ef56f3d8dce027 SHA-256: a6bc533f220c2c1278070408458d525a6e1f055a72173761e1c25e8f7b5f10e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates these links are on disposable hosting, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe8p3v83cjcmjlltjcelgj993r/vitedonozoditibew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/rakotixelojuvinogesodole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/2407501134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba85a0d7fa8---38901755971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fee5753391---34358199526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde52beb15542e051fee91107e34816a/dokapakidikagojefiwexuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f81572bcf---95439154803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gpkif24koau1lpul6fetttbdak/27151725977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/14107799579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cec93dd4b14---pexesevuwosavafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e9a29cefd---99643208551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lmll01snf3085q2kn24h7fak1/30162253575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f857ad3462---2262153382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a84abd28fb829f9a4127455fa4e6df/walifipukumuwasezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607846373f955---65992805223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/wowipagisuratijefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/mubodujexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fa4c7eab5---92475594170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/ratiliwemametazelebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da657dd9ba---lajelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b1894ddf2---fuzudipepipaxabunimubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/86988235719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42c3f4a28d0aac9e1eb041449318ed6c/52380262713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hbr+electron+dot+structurePDF 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_off0000fcd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD3 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 2acbc5776a315615b0c7507b82744d8ffb2135045709b7e764eaffe5848fce7e
font_01_sfnt_off00011444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11444 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C56 17720 bytes
SHA-256: f73edbd458d932b78b83ea986da938a33376dbf2e023177b2a42fbe6a4d3c8cb