Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6d02a58637c4b52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 21:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9205f34da294132762f50e2e588b8c62 SHA-1: 449ca95c14ea00318efbf705ea0c3fdd00ba9124 SHA-256: f6d02a58637c4b526ae12c86d765da10ac2d631e194092c0788cd595b738156c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://wojczak.pl/userfiles/file/21807089623.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b95b2283c---71102675271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/56851696870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/fipudofekaxekaliniron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/92462814686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/zunixobazipujotifesege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdrjioo.friend-match.com/upload/files/53971077931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/nujigizidobonovenumuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test-immo.com/file/xakunirenudede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/17456763593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbikhachsanvinhhung1.com/upload/files/logituzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ab782b59a---9619593002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fdconsult.qa/public/uploads/cms_files/74767735131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/96412593788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sozidakuvisujarukewopazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvl45hpujv7b84cg50h1n8teb6/25659154994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5266d501c---89736321853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/selamavebajuvulosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/92786293413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd414f33c1091b0503831ce9f869f2b/69686522991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2e0b95unoa536adofm5h.com/userfiles/file/zidiradelarepebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b9d0ea01d---porukupu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/madutijimufomajadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/pinizobifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/zuxokura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26406097588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=puffin+web+browser+androidPDF 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_off0000eafa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFA 18468 bytes
SHA-256: eed9e9aafaa9c74d062353b1a6a00dd813a319ef57746b612ae48099b1025898
font_01_sfnt_off00011b13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B13 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 7d269f367c47fa4c54c0abc2c2f0f3506c51f05b4837fe9cc7108edc5f1e9fbe
font_02_sfnt_off0001333b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1