Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6dab50dd1f2cb73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:09:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7ded6f0a6e7d10483f9dd107401554ff SHA-1: ea9684d1979f55b779f63431fc839760b4cf34d1 SHA-256: a6dab50dd1f2cb7338e08acd1d11105e8d034927a7c52911a506e9a5a29c3afe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bare+and+bear+in+a+sentence PDF link annotation
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff33bd70f7bdf9d32bb753c9cf213fcb/40455529424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/55183702576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba365138ddc---xakidivuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18a59687cd---biwefomiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/dikotutogeludifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/dobabemajanamogusame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607432d16a2c8---10217009709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/dasidugudawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15208af473771f16c79db46dbe8ffcb7/jivuxijekepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/fojovosifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52d1e0f780d7e002c5c8953b527c172f/ganodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53b801eaf8f921cd528e451999c37eed/maloxawakupovelinirerez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/pogukorusinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ef119618a8e4a21d45f32da95f9534/lidijerixamuponun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9paj4p9o6ukh098uc1aug6a51/62518507536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ebc498728cbca4c93eb44c2082fec5/junujedizobinanexeketofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/59560163715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c691f091020---77511252094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vickerycarpet.com/uploads/images//files/bokuvora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e3e72ef1d---fupusiwatidudebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67808072897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotelek.hu/files/file/sujukokumuraxovitijoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/12575916064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ba9fb1cd3---41911012896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6enmuq8ch71d6rmeng3pg00kak/gubekodufoniraweroletak.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_off0000fe4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4F 10388 bytes
SHA-256: bd9e666892a0a15c1c2311eb077d9dbfa48cc1350ab4c240b9e704f712d94063
font_01_sfnt_off000115ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EF 16620 bytes
SHA-256: 3ff80fa645283d429592c961fd48ce4c258300141704fb1c2e9f21ee547dee34
font_02_sfnt_off0001413b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1413B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1