Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6fe298acabbc37f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:32:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 501408fa06db96137ece58a10e1f7750 SHA-1: 6d6cd2087e4f28cf3164c44fdd95fef7136c1275 SHA-256: a6fe298acabbc37f0a285e3e8ea56acd4b62a1db26b31be514035782110127a1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a clickable action and containing numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest the document is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially compromised websites or malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+mouth+poker PDF link annotation
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2a4c7044cc9c211af554c339f7c60c/gigadirejokobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/bofasetesinovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6185d6152b8d82e4cc79fa4c4a64097/4896708767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeap.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22795903499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87efbe24a7---sisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/vagariwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topstec.com/d/files/54203362759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/19603217970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74420789028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59ad3ddbd2c25ce00612f6a74534d48/jujinuwilibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/vigoxokavatapejuwugodixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c0cabb4fc7d88e8ed9f1ab61eed311e/64735377064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/logibarujerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b069115e639---94967006693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/91695957451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06097a34f4770f0914f08a0ed98c43b1/nofuvavevikezukuvaxedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/ladazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/15467541435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/sifasuzifutodopemilazuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a2e43c59edd1558760fddd364e5ad0e/sejapogadegezeteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eda90522b---91415446813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/jomevibiwopewulolegopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10feebe480---91262135665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf5f46668f---peganusiluz.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_off0000b084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB084 14308 bytes
SHA-256: 3b34dee6f0d1d1198d73711f03234596a57653485fc462385463dd0d74542791
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC10 10100 bytes
SHA-256: a6a4686e682f9d9c3c06ec24584f719e59264cdb0f8c08b9d995865fe374f598