Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6c4d1fdc17b6c28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 10:28:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 06bfbb87293195de72e6eb5d5216fafe SHA-1: c859a286c78c26bec0a39347c12f99f509ab9c17 SHA-256: a6c4d1fdc17b6c28960379e0037bf554a7f0e097035d0cf66900873ae7a43d0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious or compromised sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=petites+clochettes+et+petites+cloches+youtube PDF link annotation
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c0b4f65b2352779f9d8b2f1d751ae5/89539523147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/64906615535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxafaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74aafddcb98ae840ea029d78a44d59d1/wuzexarepeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/vamevedurapibukofowapos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607181b1c8b97---nolajefevimura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbc359d279---65148517976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/53237902224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/67732952437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://th-hl.com///upload/files/51447636693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bijidudesumagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/1240252046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/25870932960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///mutirogixarakarakanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/resanorowonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cfd31c26718f597278ae739cbd074a7/divex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/51765884398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/sumifuwebipadapumodudesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/93785258635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/fobabuguride.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282ec323a1a7c6cf38e67d4e61ee7281/xajagodugovazukuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40483387361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ms2upq8deft26vspesoqlrn1/54738770234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e01fcc0725---33518208307.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_off0000ecef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEF 18952 bytes
SHA-256: e03ae9ff05fc68da229e63ee89d6fcaf3fd9f7b80c5b0fd9883ef2df915db59f
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA8 10460 bytes
SHA-256: bde75e2fd06e3e92c3bae11250cb3cde35174e3be00f9866dba2f45b40437cf1
font_02_sfnt_off00013359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13359 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1