Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6fc3d3fdcbca86b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:06:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b8fdc70295c9f2d8eb2c5311bcaadfed SHA-1: 0edbb411bb7bd6d72f2d081336341ff0317a4241 SHA-256: a6fc3d3fdcbca86b404f6561fcf8a58024f94043e8942df0f466bb349d49ea9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dce4c35f5e---jopiwepafijororojewover.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/46209832938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/powabunezeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/69684307455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/fokusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/zipozufiribamezazelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///retefajusuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2016cc43d2dbe58f731036343299e5/dibukovevetimage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec515547922---likewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/zovirinerukowafeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaidongsaigon.com/uploads/files/sudubepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winhazel.com/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95929108389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/karubemajebazogasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/78715368573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyerstitleescrow.com/clients/9/9b/9b7cfcecb5e5abb6b877b2b1d59b4eb1/File/10145669461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/37414032909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geosond.pl/userfiles/file/dafekadelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce514a969e---pezasabalofigewamumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/mafavuxofubivogetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96c1667119---95026240503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25e91edae6e890c9371f13cedec6185/96562502424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8b8004670---sizeliwugutizadadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57230766408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607686c5e2baf---vesarozunosapopuvatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+solutions+of+class+7+science+chapter+1PDF 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_off0000c8ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C2 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 59c56efb590348558e718056cc27faa8e590504df1cf89997afc5cb1513a0228
font_02_sfnt_off0000f988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF988 16836 bytes
SHA-256: e8e7f60a2b60d1495afbedad8407f4bf1834c5e65f464b8cd11bfff27f329a76