Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6a861383a5573b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

150.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 60e7fad97b0f7e91a3adc72b2427012d SHA-1: fa6b424ff7765bbf054985e41c7e3a995ae13f16 SHA-256: d6a861383a5573b9b6cce2e695711015d6e84716b22d73699f966bb0c1b9dfd1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9761

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=horus+heresy+shattered+legions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45da9d7456---7093615075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105734a24a26---94931251641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/95403162995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/76736884556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/44637748737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ab8ec7c1e---17772695085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u373calqh3emg4119ig6r04361/siripijajamefibawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhsni4c5g861n7be2lte1fdk0p/tagimedorigulawerabase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/70831004720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f894bd4a855---jorafosogovobuxavawaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurukripapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/visulasunizoberudagazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/86027611543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edf7786d53---1628065540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscconsulting.com/userfiles/file/70614477940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbd26bb845a---fawurazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/84085958864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecc30683da7e51c4c89e8684076a2f2/14443978226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db72abb00fa---1466323192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovujamigegunefaveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/ratuzupafejuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/31056270775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/migiwoxepirasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dadd924d834---38679657136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd56067655731b10bc22ca1048a1824/kavowavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfdfce6f7b498a94ed14584d65556c3/40789176080.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_off0001e949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E949 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00020160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20160 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 95ea6d26f3839d921c4970368462f338a243e1b3fd2c6bd15c3c55b11dff1acd
font_02_sfnt_off00021a93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21A93 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 40e796f28b5acb28405ca5ab4821521b2c57a46ad16dfd2dda1d4ba128381650