Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06a4d806a3228c71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:25:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2db582ab22188a2dfd9bd5ece77886a7 SHA-1: a57cae7b4201cfec6055c1902c64da38caff624a SHA-256: 06a4d806a3228c713fe6a0a636fa5a5bf6ec53118622c51d922e8928051a83e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the heuristic findings of a 'link farm' and 'compromised CMS upload' confirm the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123690706b9f---nijobukubuxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c058c6a4f---44909716309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santehnika34.ru/images/file/77167436263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/gutajilidofozelufimadogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/47738005647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themis-lex.com/userfiles/files/runafifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bcec046d8---94435166037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/74195493306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/nivotadosubezebotenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ebb05a2f3---87931157077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c40c5d311---60631116026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatex.ua/images/uploads/file/nimonesenija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gf629a3l3r8pho17fvoo4h8p4/zefuwapevetaleru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b6dd2e9471c99c9254066ac0ed4f0e/45956848677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17023407113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/laxisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a95ee842f13---81608007713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b570348d6fb27566daa63646cf936bc/jaworusolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e233eaf87bf85b10e18f1c87877f02/kamezawefinofanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904e7f2c3c0---jexakerupimufavifovuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvu9mctm5fuc5k4qu1e2q8tu0j/nefajazeludeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf4fb6e9f1---poxuzobijoximaniwawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miltonhigh65.com/clients/874455/File/lureganaxiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e136dd6e97a93d2763e243b39f1e3c/vafesoxoxavodoxudamunusir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/65670638753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+answer+what+is+your+salary+rangePDF 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_off0000f061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF061 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10878 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7f24f5d9d0e725a97539206004ee4fefeffaf02360b3d94287a67c7f453359
font_02_sfnt_off000120ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120ED 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 3503d6eedd44dfc1558eee681bfb59f528d4a471463480cc0ddad55423eab1a5