Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6d1c79b4e111043…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a1c17ce3a065b0ee3efb17dc16c99678 SHA-1: 65ec7396c0d7a077a0f47860b52e4d396270c472 SHA-256: a6d1c79b4e111043068c5d1f6ee2788be90bcd2a0b3ca1aa5d0495b6cf60bfc0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains no readable content, further supporting its malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cd9ca18c9a88c2d4e8bfd856580b76d/15491253306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e5b7c910c8f552506a8ba6b92ac17b/ruronewijejikatugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10f432350b---nanemijakapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df22a3ae1a---45703449176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741ffbf1c8f---27062980062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cee172c62---walewinogesofajewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsni3hcdhnccniuunchlta3m8c/10496657942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b7cb92293---25877426497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/lesubawuwizaxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a91a77faefb806106e7631fc70d028/56537223305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/92551699449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/pametokelififizatunukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac0991798855f6a6614ed17e3ce3c3a7/likisisevagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a6c62b4abaa74bbcc06ce19699bd23b/wavenikufusabawezowelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4b0123123---livelupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/nonemoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f04dff8b9f0c38c0e01a47ab280f060/dunurujari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/jibudowoxujuzovonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9847805cf68621d9b568cf7e98b64b5b/47566625313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/gupagese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd3f345e3c---makuroxurujolidoxomopofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c44e3119a1e0f27cfd4cf556635346a/58223704414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/vojifatopibatunubemolomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/repafiwotumage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/57216227510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=lamentations+3+22+and+23PDF 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://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_off0000fba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA0 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 22c091eb916607e72e9cddb1a294f5b1b8adeabd0663cc6270e264f154ec6885
font_01_sfnt_off000129cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000141e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E6 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 28674362addb1467a9d131181dc49e047b5d9a4d6b3b104adf1bb3ec33bba831