Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6752a03921ab1f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7b70f3e33279cb66fc95914e343c88e2 SHA-1: e7ed41f6ef2a10eb5ee5d6486244a79837dafccc SHA-256: d6752a03921ab1f9f4c85dc0d690303f1e94bb1fe4e378166b50b14755f554b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely leveraging a PDF exploit to redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angular+ui+datepicker PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8651a355e---xinisetivemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf8ff4c4fe---24799643148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/40854201404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7f54f29d0---57750197904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/wilazilezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/78114067868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133560027618---pavarelaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41734215446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329f15e1208---nimewesamafetixilesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3fa8b6880---52250083074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/wedape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnanelli.com/userfiles/file/34306023533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skopjemuzikon.pmgrecordings.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21042613697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/91643752782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8d76887d7---80764243868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62281944752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/56459414273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/77183005251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/jifizaredogige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melabo.com/upload/files/21741660649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30294051740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bzws.zhanyougame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimebijafejipeverarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/sosowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/xedesisetoxukapure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/xamomepuselonu.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_off00010aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C0 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 1df8119339342a71bfc10dc8ef9746df707d3be3e798db904afe671da1f9e3ec
font_02_sfnt_off00013acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACD 19696 bytes
SHA-256: a2008cb3070a1789e58f12dbfd397183c1db4ea855c8a3cc676320cfeec4f5d1