Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6f328b826de510d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 00:08:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7e6c059267b72b1c3c6bfd213cb7f5a6 SHA-1: 2e8b0d2e71bcc5a368b8fe80f18c50893712db19 SHA-256: f6f328b826de510de9a483762cb0b48d391512fb88c525eaa23ae95a97f75d06
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or IP addresses, such as http://178.62.148.222:300/. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest this PDF is designed to facilitate initial access, likely via spearphishing, by redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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
  • 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.
  • 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://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58401789144.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7219b2699---57449928370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/nonuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fg0vmmhjd9bke57n7t6mkd6r5/42026272706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jok1c4ja9ppjpjvue2sqedteu4/gevurelitizapusopurirere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2j4h0hokvjvateav7qv65nc2/valusekegapusizekofegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021060319584773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honda-otolongan.com/upload/files/xutefewodazupapokokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungototuanphat.com/img-tvdl/files/judugusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8134c7bf8---47613168224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071712c60eef---45293626679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e57243d43ee---vezabinikotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24f3cb1d56---78945924225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701023c6b00---zisotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0f08ababc4---22938441531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6239e9a989df6ba3f54f6058789ef1e/zinobesoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/kipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af353094ee76dfdb496e705fdf3c029a/87849352990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/52119111620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609401d738c6b---84466853646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce2ae05a8f1---31293476976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/fivafumijosunafeloguvugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/xanituwalutadokixinukabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+design+of+everyday+things+by+donald+norman+pdfPDF 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_off000102ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011acc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACC 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 8d4230ac0fed47a3ccad1108485188c37edb5dc48f84a0a27707c5e58065a8d7
font_02_sfnt_off00014990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14990 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 4906a825b53140ec0407214e324e7e9ff8898b356b9d63d20442068940334ff3