Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06ba9e983730c543…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:36:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 39e6c6ba024eda03344a866bb271d669 SHA-1: 65d69d309d669eb40c7faa6e9de91ff14c08f066 SHA-256: 06ba9e983730c543f76ad01138c4641b0fece04d124fe09b2407ef45272503f2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating attempts to obscure the true destination. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a lure document designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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
  • 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
  • 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://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/54033623728.pdf
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/pebumebew.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609670bdca313---40035843656.pdf
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/mokudozopigulokijabikow.pdf
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/ritozamevudifexifulapo.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b61512501c97b8d1d9519a1a27c251/37100780430.pdf
    • http://monroehighwildcats.com/clients/40160/File/pijano.pdf
    • http://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/41271625935.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985f7aee633---21664628330.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f815d139e4---devedosuv.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812447045a7---82893332531.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6537da0b069ea39e6cef8635399c53/bivegavizugu.pdf
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/sipalilurobo.pdf
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77b526425cbb7b6eddffd5e2a00e89c4/65706582015.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47a33a5269---winebisuwakemuguber.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2813lkqrpt7k2f5nc2mlt3oib1/rubusiwagilez.pdf
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/18417484423.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/td1fp55vgerisq39mop9ip9511/80704657570.pdf
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/kiwidipemepelenalekupuge.pdf
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/47704574190.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ba9c46f9b---68079082793.pdf
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/vakuvomole.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450cqmk82m7luom705sp386k3v/lufodilerabukematezeb.pdf
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/62930891346.pdf
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/vogebosos.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db9906bd8dc263e6007a679a2198112e/67599186677.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=late+notice+synonym
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001137d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1137D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012b94.bin
70627ef832b995a24de46f7baf38a46eca8f4a54476c60b063b17283a75284c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B94 10316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000142e1.bin
94cde49dcb74918f61365ea810a332a6db6f981ff65dbefbfd78bedda47578da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E1 18624 bytes