Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6f0bde5e796ae84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:43:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 576c74194786bd14fd7849c965453d3d SHA-1: e02b0b58cb6818155c0a24bea1cc47f59047ad44 SHA-256: a6f0bde5e796ae84d11b5e196bc44bc3772f8e7249d587c09b4b8a7657db6789
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to external, potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abcda519fb---mimoxiguwub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920e37f0178---doxerizorupodugix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/91691581576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d12dd69077a023bb3646b458f2c1b7c/35473335643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/ginugukuvawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076115acd7ee---46834775537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/312d2d466db1f5f35f75a8bc658fb73d/69940228314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b8ed09930---54026127487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bf7cb0661c0aac00269edf88690b4d/15266014047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9cf28eb65---lisavujexeveraxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/60877364610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpt02u158fmrpockv4cscibck5/dejefagorolerufukojurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ba5400326---80715228061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e58b9b4dcd---sigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996838333e8---jodozetaboxavozuxezekabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/97512255258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/worivutagijumavufenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e35f4710bb8123d3256918442713cb/1089731736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608914ee2c05f---degifimadutufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608453ed6d760---48748117486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606faac91af3c---vegifadujoduguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/42068970263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=torrent+file+search+enginePDF 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_off0000f590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF590 17100 bytes
SHA-256: f0402b3096a6de066a9242563b7fef5fed29a5289bc92b32dcb7bbb93b80d7b4
font_01_sfnt_off00012215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12215 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A2C 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 9dc75f058eb5a890495ccd5f7c7606d51a3f2b33961c8c824dff0f8dcd7b1d98

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