Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06cbc015660033be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:55:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 23e7d078c2c7570f38b4f7213e93a62e SHA-1: 94473cafdca8ff6f789b1b8778a19aa17da3d8a5 SHA-256: 06cbc015660033be9be6ace966d1ac2d4674f420434068cf45e6506c227b1258
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with multiple heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised websites. The PDF contains numerous external URIs, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of external URIs strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5932

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ignition+system+parts+and+functions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/dezawisatawimowuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b250cc28d9a167438f9d4c64fd6fb4ed/zigorukugoduzalitudidodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db4fe9e6fe---45265359882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071afe58809a---57788584519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprintfactoryvietnam.com/uploads/files/lorixaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/40299119650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/rulozonoripizobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/79446013938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/jetinuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b287e6aaca0---napademolabanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crdd60o9p8parjml5cah593nj4/dewapubasopusomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/27630417213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/semamuzitojobovuwizivizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/jopageligozipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj0qr0bj7dqklhfrhvofr5ob9k/67215543660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a1c78af86---gutunedukuwezitane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/36557147503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/mexozarevadigadanizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/fefilamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/nufubutevapadumoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/85536035170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4db8574d0---92121816657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/titafumunabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa6161bd955b0f42002c971cfb1efe5/16988626130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointwebhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19676441151.pdfIn 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_off0000dcdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCDB 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 90503cf5347f1673eb5c9c5a08ac389b12bc9a61a3bd52bff205b5673fdfcd7b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9E 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 0ba2f9c119264008785cad4a1fde2bc97ab85cd8affa3d6d8b22c8860c980132