Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd6a1b13cdd7b8af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:23:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4f7bbcc336430ac48cda797b01578c22 SHA-1: 785cdaf81a7624dcf14771ca82543128b744db79 SHA-256: fd6a1b13cdd7b8afb38111cb90c269c503c7e50793f4c167fcab4be74573c06c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised URLs is a high-priority indicator.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0fd56590a8114025fbf8582457fa7f/sizatube.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gfb3rf5t4lclu7jborp6oval8/boxilufusunisivilomula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a01dbdf4b---noregoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/tugodupivixinedodanudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8671678b70---8690866335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3435d58bfb8427ed8eea243d91224655/zuvosegosusesokitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bofogujefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/25535432005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa809be194---soganelamizapelexapufufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83a009ae93---mowabejukosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e813ef7328d31f678c6a3cf97e73b93/66345358438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0991c591e9af901b93d8d69c0e848748/40256856669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d15a3898e0---guzebenuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajimudeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3247aefac8---92266918954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/49100320692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5fbc7cdfcc767f23968cb3220d96ba5/18591931235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/lavuzumatibijexexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17255627509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b68d6d3cc3---gavubeximoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd919075f52db32094081d9f256602d1/xazebaguwebiwefonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b459b2bdbff---fetuzelalujexusetodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3956cc5935f2c500bc23a3abf1d184c1/wugekonutupagajataminiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=another+you+1991PDF 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_off0000c1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9BF 17220 bytes
SHA-256: b3c046fa11e51049aec054edbd7fc0c3ea0f243ed6076a5a3f2c8d540463206c
font_02_sfnt_off0001066c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066C 10152 bytes
SHA-256: d34018c240ca34e33bc48eac78da896e24126c809dcabbe4768d035c89ea4953