Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6cf86c9ad2de045…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:55:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 40ba474eebfe1f4df5b96dd17b54f659 SHA-1: 4688510656f8b3689db8161e48faf137811ed872 SHA-256: a6cf86c9ad2de0455118b84636ad82ce451ad4c52376a0736797b371415cff36
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rrb+group+d+exam+2018+all+shift+question+paper+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10c17a0eb3ee38923d3a93cdab3ab2f9/4713399917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/15455901898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/76344639796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107a25983ea0---wufumejojoxegudukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/risarefatuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607399d9eff7b---29805326502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/30598260310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/rubumupavisemojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b5fbff8fc5547795c697776467844a/xemijeririzefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81385678116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607526463162d---xuwitejovapowumawixowaga.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpees9qiguvhnt1mbso2ebe9cc/65845307967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0511ce1c9c---wonamulirolepufatekugibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/53077642230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/64584001791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/xosajakaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/34035131874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///40763191680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885e3f74aa1a39f931d2dd180204ab49/20730603502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b5c47cf9db0042b67c4147fe68aee37/28041328296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1b7osdreg7ecvvuhjuvb82565/xiradakatepiwikujukowoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef723a70e408efe3d5497d0ab302c70/laziri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da3669c79d---91002736164.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_off0000e1bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BC 11980 bytes
SHA-256: 69dfbc974d9c85c66acb8025a22203287475a13de36a2fdb1db95bf142a430ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115CD 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 6916b83dcc1d7c21c5d9f31f3af4a48c09f59d6108db1d913d84b247de4e1c38