Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06bacc98aa7a4224…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 05:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d7cdc4949f0bef95ca2653bc451669f0 SHA-1: 25d00490decd057542a30cb2eb317d7dfded34e3 SHA-256: 06bacc98aa7a422469cb3a16060e98fe92677a677e197f91e79e5b24bf74391e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attempt to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=free+movie+editor+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56638953149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/zopokebetupevifusiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tefen67.com/userfiles/files/66273792380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopopasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a25e881ba---79627950782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/pepavejujijenewamuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/vedupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c499de9c4cfdfd39e2023d0affdf4e69/selatatedavevinizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ujepites.hu/userfiles/files/38348265986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aecaf8b4af78bfe3c76e338705a366b1/53206110864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinhviht.com/images/newtech/files/nuwodizilesinomoboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandebruijn.com/uploadimages/files/37961075797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/sivetibofalarukowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/56360827198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109060011525445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037f9f8cbcfe48b332255e1779b1927b/nogebojerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132285e15f59---11406271501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/zinuvinorerirovalofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361b65ec3d3---38529468164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a569755e6648bd498e19940c0888ee/98671524293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujedagotukubizeguviwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/87927276097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303070a818b---doxebikufonuxepazodavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59076131297.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_off0000f19e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19E 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 0df0cca5bdb10a0a2250231d1b41c6ef8a7fd94a88632fdad4dee6d79140601e
font_01_sfnt_off000108ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108ED 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 4892d335aa96252b2d1da7da85905bce779dc97235ad422a8c5c7db2e4165aee
font_02_sfnt_off0001382d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1382D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1