Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6ef9b71c3343c1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:01:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1dbf8332dd52dffa6f7bc3095b4cccea SHA-1: 5bfa7b173b4468d15e510fe3553c389f45f0b000 SHA-256: a6ef9b71c3343c1ade1a93c5cc33a171b2459439612b8d881420f9b65e38bf6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as hosting for other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links, which may lead to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/685aa75fed475fd31339e4e428116d8e/35252640117.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cb1818a5a---86006828326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607400dfc3dc5---tabulibewupaniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/27476637139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86732ddc7ae4291538013cfab39a4e7a/58431323963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c04b0df93---7540446699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minegociomiweb.com/userfiles/file/86620224705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b00be862a0c6da72cd6afa2a1e03e76/gebegexuvela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/tarena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d64b3af567a96c1b96980d997cb52dd/wapolazapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021051706502178224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wixoliwawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/duwukomipelimujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fcaa1b267---74137432959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12361a1738---19950810764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a842082944---mumubosuwevebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5db0ae0a07---26241228939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/75933452791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fb6778a12---nediboraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d5964e669---88289095310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891ce7c4323---natos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e17d174b6---62985822116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0a693d58e---39784024774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmk6tau3s9ntl30h6ptfi8bp3u/52605435195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=joint+probability+of+two+correlated+eventsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC7 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_01_sfnt_off000131f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F4 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 9e81c265a05e8546fa8295b2abec5166029977929a31130fe3396f0558514c16
font_02_sfnt_off00014b89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B89 18380 bytes
SHA-256: b00d84614b874e49aa8a9bbfa3855abdd6163f924a7914f4cdbfdffb56cb1e1c
font_03_sfnt_off00017c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1