Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06d57520e81dbb0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 84d0b459ab5322d44363017f5d319f47 SHA-1: 67e2ba6973c6c1f33ae12457affdb4999b50049d SHA-256: 06d57520e81dbb0df2a70ac7ac8209c2fc56b15a9a96e9102e19aeb82b833efb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are common for malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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 http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783f32c9f4f---bowagiwuriguxigekomorale.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/kotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26db7e5e48033448247842e743db0951/39933051496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/wepoberawizoparonano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/98560996201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612176a644e90---xebafekuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e834b114fa8---64415262700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b778babfa3f---xaxavisimewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhs63.org/clients/8/88/88ec95b665b56da82b1de85f097fba10/File/laginat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/mafipisovojogekafadolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a9dd5161e---sudolegiwotavosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/60319432177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/paxaxelogebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/63899156010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/81667119481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/belapapegipubuxogotego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/tarodutipegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/55458084199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e98ca49d41---38756925704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29afe65a38---kofakajafekaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b236ef09d---9705321103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23baad54e0e95029ffafe4896400c91a/jaboxoluwiwabikaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbae00fec9cd9a9f0fc758a72d54e351/87542385755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=jorge+amado+libros+pdfPDF 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_off0000e75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE75D 18888 bytes
SHA-256: 032c87bb5674a798c1a2a67fad56108425b8cb513fb72fe9c1a4153fc532fbc2
font_01_sfnt_off00011705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11705 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 6f5bb0e50d60e207354a5c3577d0f80997bddd6f133c968013097d398ebe6d0f
font_02_sfnt_off00012f60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1