Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca6f7625e1237cb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:31:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f4c01fa1ca6934d2212f7d26443495c1 SHA-1: 1e44027f4a950600cf535a5c71c05cf7096b938b SHA-256: ca6f7625e1237cb436fac2f1c8761aca1dd1c07c2c46acb34ff92f921f417813
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wassce+2018+science+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbae512e2e6---zoxisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/58850423668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/kogodipure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/mimaxafakemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/pidasazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/10124131986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a390c33dfb14e50c19e68aa5106a6f5/10982041020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/temamokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f20f1f30d8460223010594b6032e22e/2788487985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/42643521151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/kikuzajifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965432d4d6909d1cf6b6a171c9956c94/66901122651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/10578374649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb5abbef47---fafoxopezunirizenino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/12278124970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f7f050208---daxemuxusaburoperirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3269d7c57---56978260847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lofifusafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a7f06ca6---94075167388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63fbe49a454d7616c79f44a9fa9d4057/26119999859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfahk.com/upload/files/96168585450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb53de1d7ed---vowowidaxuzezejureleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66362436342.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_off0000dbb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB0 11144 bytes
SHA-256: bf14edb96d0b3fca4204826f96644a51d91ffb9a3507bcac57ab9b566cb9938c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D7 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 41da738306a556a738e37fba489b62b66643bb229d81606e6e521e315f045e79
font_02_sfnt_off0001240c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1