Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6dcba2e122db9dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:55:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 380c12026983e46f4007a52b96544028 SHA-1: 64b7f22e23da7eb479ca4dcc4ddce94ab7d93c57 SHA-256: a6dcba2e122db9dce1ce98f0180942048eb14e635b249d5524c0f839c4eb9308
184 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. The presence of a 'PDF link farm' heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://skyline1968.com/clients/74864/File/65190657468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rumipebelazelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt4ksmjlo0k66988dic5uc2hne/kigoluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9fda7414a3dfe33609c075af8746e05/55925952384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c27ac6eeb---68429045686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e0a30e67---puzunilonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/41732940489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_43DE2257311EA92E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/83597590774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ef8e2057---90553639849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1615ae6d1---xazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/nemuzoranagurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/25568060799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/26055996000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6a61e8ce4---39032319389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a7ab8ca56---mibuboripulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/rijarowezuwesajejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3322e6755---4634143409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/mosaxugofazodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/letukizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd5ba75c10---jesuzego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de30037e311a99f9d7b9d7124ee9704a/zazetapibolojobikamafogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=adding+and+subtracting+rational+expressions+calculatorPDF 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_off0000e540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE540 16808 bytes
SHA-256: 6b5ce1881023018be69d0fe782a1b0dd0aa5350547e552e302cd17a6a4ebf784
font_01_sfnt_off000110fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FC 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 1e2c43d07f6f76e194153f40cd0fbaf8d55d69ee41bacc3ec3990540d05633e4
font_02_sfnt_off00012a5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1