Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6a68890acb39f76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e466e44c886c2f8a735d2eeb26765b08 SHA-1: b19ae40705b6e18619920a8ce5e7bbf51d904d93 SHA-256: b6a68890acb39f767cc6c3fa8e9c23d8cf5df5b9924f56d1f9a4fc1a3e1f6b05
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610db96227154---11385762160.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f52e36022---folurura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210506003700145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff22722297---nalezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a364c3fefd---kijojarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/ludodufawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/fozefamikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78934418553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608edfece6ca4---59106954444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7507cb95bc---19696365484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669d621n6jn622labvrkcak9f1/53148093698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af0c0e52301fe14edd739f61df0bce16/terijagimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084237a97c28---loxagaxiturulotuvezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d57e62274b4dc7715dc15b95e3de278/98638133049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/98172348387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcfed6e9c9---41220691207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/40657169961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents//files/80314185799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/3721800089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9322ba9f9e1cdfce3e757c7f4b9483bf/xalukokomipeletakoporujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soeurs-scjboran.fr/soeurs/upload/files/rejorofokosadiwolijimexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/kefajawofeledufinegobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f296467f87---72611480404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+suma+y+resta+de+fracciones+pdf+4+primariaPDF 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_off0000f2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B2 18980 bytes
SHA-256: ffe19e9604fe18d9710f1502227d88ed1a096a9ee762b6810638720847a3fa35
font_01_sfnt_off000123ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123AE 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 6c3ba5a64a5306f88e550a80da3ddc38bb15d91c93581d4239cdcb884defc863
font_02_sfnt_off00013dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1