Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06bf93429548da66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:57:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 776ebb70ec475dd602b879c1599cd5c5 SHA-1: 8b2e09765c52f2cea5d3a988b87fa7da30c15654 SHA-256: 06bf93429548da66125942c1d3f63083cac53a36f480e725ead2d6d318e97ca6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physiological+psychology+kalat+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798418edf6d---donanirivobajexuxarutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surausa.com/uploads/files/lumetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7e13a4ad5---77087586832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/59104833092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/71182951896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76rqu7589app7gjd0fqfoinbei/46025831137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/jopolutarowaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e24f9b2e10---92451643027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/gunapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/zinomojexan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vishalsahni.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113a5ce6a361eeada89dd66888adebeb/mamoturabupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/280f00f2b108412cade55f7135b88eea/25760363849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/43226384969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/zezosawujekabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59orhgmspbcoehe35mksqe6hjq/45830084326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087adbd76f39---lovabanezazezuniretepewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a90461bd9d---13265808553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrnchina.com/test/images/ckfinder/files/71093361990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/nabatobuvopumokaravome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/vekataganak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edf471959ab40993e71554b5949beee0/96814184608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deycaterers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivodijexozege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a555d772226b9b156e85da5c36681000/29203553699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/48660097047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/24486722072.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_off0000dbbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D5 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 27524cb2ff9923e9878aa52315a02ac4394fd53d17b0dd88e068b659575b12db
font_02_sfnt_off00010c97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C97 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 424267bbcb4734b251617b6f1c0ae9a166eb8dd772d36c432ec9e9b279688b2c