Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06ce9b79ec807cf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-12 01:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9f20375a5022748315e8f1f9441fb519 SHA-1: 48fcf19363c764b718d2e6df033f707c1f16e68d SHA-256: 06ce9b79ec807cf686dea636fbe68efca8cc1f85bc3f7756da36f7c9e96f7967
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs that form a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised WordPress upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+mi+%C3%A1lbum+preescolar+primer+grado+2019 PDF link annotation
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/7735426865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d4d002d54---22797419733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca2ab7a3da---sutulevijivupejegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f523626715---gilumiwuluzexefivalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd830394fa---zekejikirovunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/39116338454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e156d7428f8---11315623728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74d708e57e---lujakujafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/59621246138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/89849117577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/13999589794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf51d573c7---dakasonuvuzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/46462759294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b0612eb18---81406966366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/zijotopufopizedavizuwexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anma.pl/anma_edytor/file/21892236267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6add15096---pivesovujot.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/78414791088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/gamipodufuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/kidezawowitoxukavoradep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/vivuwiwogazijesuwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/jobatobifadatusemurojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8a271068b---87542827273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25b58dddeb---34197072035.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_off0000e800.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE800 11496 bytes
SHA-256: 3e3901ad44e17dab87a7b20dc762b9eb826b9cb3b1ad55e5c229b3e8fd8520cd
font_01_sfnt_off00010271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10271 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A83 18744 bytes
SHA-256: a4e33415d5a8a19c6595f75af960b0c7e5a9e936ba4937d4c703d2068d5c9b13