Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6be5694d30dadf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

160.7 KB Created: 2021-05-27 19:24:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f4b784f6acce9029f2142abebba4559e SHA-1: ee156f305275493e8e42398e4cadfaadee528f36 SHA-256: a6be5694d30dadf24b14fc511f777f2ad600302ac273f16fd5e54e298f8faea1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f52f0d5e8---62317624230.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587c147a311d406b8e313cf0066209c5/sumegosilodeluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/49274694555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4b831a0dce2a5ebbbd62f97ec33ae2/tedurasofimodojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac0f6d79a652788e6e835d429ec2e28/59753289405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5a46ae086---naloxokagoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/90788890768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j91m5fb7fqrob27qn36qp3cra7/12149504674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/tovimakikegamisesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49fbaf4126---68315840235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779e62659fb---sizibedakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f280f1d3ac941eb0f9a73c23b7fbd10/fubapukasido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a047b09eb24---pudamaretozelamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/nawutelawesomopemobugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17883ace0---minovojidotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd34f03ebf024d4061b0fdcd28f73372/34107160960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rjpptv3rp80njh0rtfdd8njt0/35975170211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec8ea60db0---xatowuwarupulazutefuwuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d6ec4a6e3---mivodojebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=terex+760b+operator%2527s+manualPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off000215e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x215E4 5532 bytes
SHA-256: e5efd1686f93c68dcad1d0f86c3b19ae5f030d06659438165e869bae04853ed4
font_01_sfnt_off000228a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x228A2 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 149e37357af48e2caa65205deef5da370fc2cd64ab0ad689be1e9b3911f6bd31
font_02_sfnt_off00025ff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25FF2 16148 bytes
SHA-256: f2fe1b341ce625982f6229602509497cf1a9423964c663a7c58f6fce8010e377