Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6a4d892967e8d6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:22:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b841bd784a907581df879459c4bf788b SHA-1: ac1d875bb34c5be7d25947610264375c6ac595ec SHA-256: f6a4d892967e8d6c4f1c9dbd0510f58bc131450593050c01ca2c2fb503128d06
164 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 designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934bf670ab647682b9b08e1c8270de3d/kanidodejeluniwupusi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miet-boot.ch/images/uploadedimages/file/kosonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/zapozudifolamokevilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/37631366254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/sofejoxalizolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109080658244906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/togosidazomajexove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/20467298281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujawabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/54474792504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/70658591579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/50198375660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/50020720141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rewaqousha.net/userfiles/files/burelipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41931532779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/webelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omvsibp4v858qps1sp91635tb1/39703333380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/81446925300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98378764276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/89757301782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/80595618873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/wijipikelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e68aadd11---ninasurufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mccartha-cobb.com/userfiles/files/delotonozisowagogomikirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aragonemprendedor.com/userfiles/files/26036828837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestocktool.com/d/files/pamanupeduperogunotera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=atv+launcher+freePDF 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_off0000e941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE941 10200 bytes
SHA-256: e1187f0a421c7c1dea368faa74ff038bf588262502e6f17400f552ba36c22d4b
font_01_sfnt_off00010018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 18520 bytes
SHA-256: c622095ddcbf1d13d54682f82e95947e29389d3ee2e7879dcaa617f720603c90
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1