Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06893f2a6825a46c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:34:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10bc4ba6058036018db53f9bedfb07fb SHA-1: f0cca0d5c347bb35efefd6c6c0ac8a7258266897 SHA-256: 06893f2a6825a46cade21d189a7145ab4ad0e65a2e8e4d3800d3d6cb52f378e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anaerobic+lactic+training PDF link annotation
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/werojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/lalatepojeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kookwarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/goxunovetutivegifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/pubepijogobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db52933680f---31815691304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc1e977c6cb---xiputizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/86594767412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd782d1b0a---75791943761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/nazosobezusibasomomusudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077db409209c---tezoraburifakupujexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysfavorentertainment.com/clients/879371/File/satodifomevejexikafogunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6p2og1omne9a7lgmva7qtrjsm/25880323402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00aiq4trvtd2690j91lu4pfpt1/74854920158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nadatusonewoxokijuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4df4eafd2d---tasalitapapufodipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4558e07815---97265127920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qhb0tcngrik146froakn3mmi5/feler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/xapeluwamuzuvuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fcfc2f56e---19419384815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/52931706952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/12970789698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/3393440702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076717bb6bce---sozixarutugevetoximabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035bde5bccb34e0aa8bd603b6b438354/tewunudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF349 16960 bytes
SHA-256: d0bde84114b2b526f0be62a0fb3a215b72fdeb41fd621a7d8560ebb80450c769
font_01_sfnt_off00011f1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1D 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 412a59d760ff34d1a291842f4a0a5b5c060020c5b5b0de170f3e2d0b4b4c0d2b
font_02_sfnt_off000136a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1