Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06d865efd10dcffe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 57be5dc82d80cd3ead0c6edcadee3085 SHA-1: 6b41be8fba6c05a1e0e3786d9e0ff4d8a9d89bec SHA-256: 06d865efd10dcffe903d3f163aa73ffe1434c4c71d4ad8d03a4cef4ca9bed25c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=group+2+previous+question+papers+in+telugu+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b733daee97655c78b0fb2cc0b71b19/82102050252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/94289598119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783145dc9bd---binunalenorugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/66192021752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f51060bfc---28103612846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/73611498578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mietkndigungsrecht-best-gpc.de/userfiles/file/14176688875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/fekazaganetoroxosuvavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b083ebef9c6---bujidinanaforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/146c48770d720d3fb75b0dc6a77ad69b/vaxegala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b04bb10c52---lufodexuwifefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2639gepi89punpihju70rj2pe0/mukifumuvitovexokasolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acba0b41a7043c6fa857867e01a18215/7576062604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/91694082541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a8ff6bd6e---37766295952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825e9fa7b75---58249886175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bceebd20468---zofaroreziragepiruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8559e5cf7fd0e8895ed7f75a2f115e04/25988922322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fff6c7ed7---617325550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/63592868059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4474ee675---jefoxitilivepebexiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3tsb3jbe8fs0mfrnfgjfr4gek/96223807343.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_off0000edde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDE 17676 bytes
SHA-256: ff7ba9831ee099130d2d4386590876662c747784b472bfbf7dbae4b107fbf918
font_01_sfnt_off00011bf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF1 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb124b51b20fdb4eba2a1805344f0333fa9e5dd1f3a77d91b9fa14926cb1439
font_02_sfnt_off000135b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1