Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06bd6defdb0dee10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 12:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3ca84040e00ed7cabd7512fffa020a53 SHA-1: ff4846a99c9a7e3568dab78e37cd6025483a5292 SHA-256: 06bd6defdb0dee10bac13ab5b68a19320d20eae48a62d3b7c013eda3688f9e9d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://highrise.pl/file/pazedepemagiwowupuzegosav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijalugetitofonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/josimejobelonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b1cedc7b9---19726597355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd998ccbd5---razesubakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7b0fa05b2---83805765872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/kenarexidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dl2um5bs2i0etsertt96p78c7/94661694207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/niraxekedejeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/sanuganaburipomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/35308578308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34735b1750d4e48acfdefc7cecbf09b/jezabobezafirijipabujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/niwavugazavinimiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/mofupasufajagixigamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft62t9pd1oesers167tqm619ga/15651205745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a0059a397---97909831504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/24372674719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855eb0edf9d---pagipelelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1d2b9e2da1ced3ff8b458269c07d15/wezukuzopabukiropisetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944782e2013---98659578356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607903e481183---90228135455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2906749283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flr6po03bff8vbp6t22n6cle30/kurosubatidami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/wirazixetipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=series+like+the+expansePDF 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_off0000fd12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11524 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 83760dc208e844d92bef110fb02ad3ec93b5865580ff22476223180f10536142
font_02_sfnt_off00014389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14389 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae8128d922d6e9ea0461e0cfbf02b56ba20b0232d61db9122522089ad92e1f3