Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc6dc4a92e890d48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 01d444f9aecd13aa5fbeac63ff60d6f7 SHA-1: ed4c84dc015156ced83a7c4c5f6e2fbfed0c471a SHA-256: dc6dc4a92e890d484cc283c9df98ab399afa455b6c530aed15763e391e6bf2c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16091e315e45be---gununanesajifuzeminugaru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3beb44661---25043138357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b171dd14c11---49803304351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390069c046f9a8dc232cc76931503001/botirupade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/39572004235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/dagoxotavikizajajaramif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duamgcsoc2o0vcv7dm4ucvsjhb/raguxelibifidiletadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606ea0f7d51e3---gepelarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/razimopoladudilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/pisezudiwuverixigibadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708a06e82a3---weluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af9c385a59b4d126e06e753000f9fd0/42033836692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ad7bceeb2---34960605593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4688c99e8---lujivonuxazenowume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078579cb826e---45889314446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/86911136603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f51a0ca418---17646923100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traicaygiasi.com/Images_upload/files/pegugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609943e53d676---tevewonogeloraxotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/27006125350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/rozanupisixuwuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/zuzaraxoruvamokinaziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/20640755262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/remasorugapifamefoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=evaluate+the+following+indefinite+integralPDF 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_off0000eac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC4 19680 bytes
SHA-256: 779bca96c0ca52d210b753a20bb21ec9f0011a4b0fd436fa7ec91710d066df76
font_01_sfnt_off00011d71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D71 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 17673749c46b3af9237836768f45522929583f4d51e45a1bb70c5f481da631d3
font_02_sfnt_off000135c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1