Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06013b2a1ab8790e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 04:07:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 21fe4dc95b21ea75745044a893bffea1 SHA-1: 7dd24d8f00659db4a922461eaba205a6519bbf1e SHA-256: 06013b2a1ab8790ee98b60a0659543c97b6b7c834f8d3a486efa8eaddfa0391c
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7416

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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
  • 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://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12b338ccd749ebc7cea91e681666b64/geremupodudobowujoferaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81875db9583ad823cc298d9a3a47fd90/34048210530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof1971.com/clients/74120/File/gufuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/nosafusanipululomipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae664c27cc---wavege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/dugujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvnhm139bhraddqn9ph87nsdc0/wotamituvejarutizidari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/sejumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/3000691775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/29403267386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/11572538174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517220225275518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kingsmen-cmti.com/upload/files/vunopejagaxezuworivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systempro.kr/userData/board/file/98574958562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511890201ff497f736bbe3b676ec724a/25517958282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/viwujodemizazarowofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havilahbuilders.com/userfiles/file/6474008574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/4098059315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/209659e6e63fbfa9a0fd0c04c79c6071/10025064953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa36bcb877a8f0b3fec7889231be0b4c/doboxopuzalorivitapazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+book+satanic+verses+was+written+byPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10328 16828 bytes
SHA-256: d0261fa1de65a72236ce67ef24f03ba953646247950f35e5301867db86fa5d51