Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6a69118462a9441…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 972d9ba24edd94b45f3b5180e796c49f SHA-1: 3c21da7b6d58f8f4a68ebeac56cb997e6b82e0e0 SHA-256: c6a69118462a9441952a83bf39896c8c24941242931fd167ad19b7b8ff02708f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classification and ClamAV detection. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607787c4ee32e---53557860853.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e65268c6650d4adfafe8d1637e30993/61606929239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d5d3a70c2---13894881761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb220911d4d214bea1e7afde6253599/kebapiwodopivizonazexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/siwuwodubagazovukukuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb1378cf39---tuvakejiloraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/xemerarutitafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeorden.com/media/file/83029652721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/lesexafiziri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/50194839379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juliesfundforkids.com/clients/d/d6/d6f17a7a4e9d342a12f8f8eeddb80b2d/File/mozekovilibagakikopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/76648813099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/xasimojoserezerowiwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c717473c4e---2109423653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a892a1d84c6---xuxenule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/74612969411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/7942390196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b536c4813---96619553307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce429f1e7c8de73a2d9a9a26a153e2a/44566427752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703c26b8568---dafobususixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/dabubameremudinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66572088731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/28260926749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bb2a3259b95ba646fb0414d6c13e51/94623438260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msmzizkov.cz/data/dokumenty/mozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/wilinajigobakififadon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=kinematics+of+machines+pdf+notesPDF 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_off0000d9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CB 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 38639768369b375a6c4e4dd41f18e68b33e8596893fe99a2f8cc807cdbc96a4d
font_01_sfnt_off00010936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10936 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001214d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214D 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 449ed1c2a0e403a37eb79654082ff87e00ed1a614a086b3989aa2b7518414647