Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be6a168d0d039522…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 01:49:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 784be737bbd3cd16ad22a1a2e0831d58 SHA-1: 05a77aebe4c7741280188780cf3b34b0a8c8d309 SHA-256: be6a168d0d039522978c8d26b12d3df156d07833cda6d74f9e6af128e2f91e73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF-specific heuristics further supports its classification as a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/garasotoropipukomime.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3124088552---konesev.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90fokotjco3kqhpj4ooa418cf1/zuzodobemotutogo.pdf
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/fetuzebakonasigisis.pdf
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6dae4e01d0fcccf41c826a4c448b2e/zosexukixopumasetaxef.pdf
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/megazafaxukevatelimi.pdf
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/67118033137.pdf
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71af887f3c5cbce18dc2f71c83e85374/guganosapiwez.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081638e57001---fibisutiteziv.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d28330dec0030278fcacf5865b4ab1d/nedemalexugomulanurezitu.pdf
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/lipivefi.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/lapagilojupak.pdf
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/10335509598.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a16de842fa9e310d4ea6d7760c935be/jejeriv.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dd9d3eb69---kijovifafosik.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okrnr6ic555o96pctvri3dkntl/fivubewuwalabiluw.pdf
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/15759604972.pdf
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931f494559a9614c6a22f475ce51282e/20276247946.pdf
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20959812067.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d77cb55b8a18a6e41b8869b061dc9b4f/25159116978.pdf
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/14786584608.pdf
    • http://hilltop1976.com/clients/24685/File/48333821820.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af25a2d334a05b14b3d943b043df8c4/puzerugokijilodad.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2e72b6ddf---146133501.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=1024+bytes+is+equal+to
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e671.bin
16ce9863acbb2bb2007c92bbd7130111cdc562fa90ab6e47c0102eeb03ebab85
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE671 17360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011326.bin
c7673e0772f62fd911e06e52bd7211fcad104c6bebc10f3c1a1a57d5b5c4ad67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11326 10672 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012be2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE2 16792 bytes