Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6cd5d6054a4fbfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:37:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0c657b0b51601b37688d1acd99c107ce SHA-1: 255a5fdb183f5600f667ed267a20bf5349c93863 SHA-256: a6cd5d6054a4fbfe5e564daffd9c500c22b536ec6932bdb5783f2c41e67c9679
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shopping+center+classifications PDF link annotation
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37004c112057a3b59b8821eed3062329/pafofodimopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790cb6534e4ebb0111aa170dcf16a7e4/fufubaros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/madubenopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vc0bjoqrd1l1gppf1ihvb9jf9/84324400832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b41c03ae1---guxeged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61291501547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k587estoru7blqs1q3150urtc/gosufitivalodimebukibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/33525124633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/pezutuzepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhdi8o8mts455nmi116o74me35/95631331959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/rexinufixejijokanabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecb26455dc7---15706829249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/mulogoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2cf089988548cada4e5e5ae6c8eb733/penadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f02e979fc9---71546500262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/74475495523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/piruxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/poregonovonirumofaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121700d61703---95354412888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/tipevafevixejube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40j2korgi0mipru7ueinqvqkgc/59329292580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefulafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/mavupejoguwanaxabapig.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_off0000c902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC902 17368 bytes
SHA-256: a4a561601cdb358d6f8f69a1f523a6b4fc0c274d045539d2d6bc905541f16c76
font_01_sfnt_off0000f639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF639 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E50 10832 bytes
SHA-256: f8817597fb76e5927ceb0b17ea3b937b9be16f06f88e8aad7454185a9ca79fbc