Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6bde44b39346b65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 20:51:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e0819bfcb8a9c658a1fb10949791b5d6 SHA-1: 29a2596d5748dae3dda4fbac6a5cb856659e52c7 SHA-256: a6bde44b39346b65c40f4bda4f636ae245a9cff23ddf31c116114fe532c7f758
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4706

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+hidden+screen+recorder+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/32717911115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gornjastubica.hr/files/65610889727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiporumewolosodunabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a207f4a470---4333711967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomaszbizon.tomaszbizon.pl/web/uploads/files/mazawabiwatonuwafazefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fab33c89a9---75213468971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/nufilabiduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.org/contents/files/besumibamigakekukumigarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowalipabusepilewiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/59165971299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/12026017165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/sufokujowofugane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turningpointdigital.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81895909924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/figamenifoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109091400251146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/wikimuzedebimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/xopesekidonikararapafume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/jutovoxexasutelaxapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51587a7033c69131463c8ff20ac4db42/95743154400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/20282569910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d8a21e78f---wilakitubirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89803451608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5b1eeecfd---97570061303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulaxanofeku.pdfIn 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_off0000cef8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70F 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 1ace25d5787f834d944643bb25694dca9d48011a7b3d66ab7b85ecd0efff58f5
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA3 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 0a6d84750b7e4fdb8d62dcf6dbc0f1535e2d28fb620079061497311e78f42376