Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06d8e4def7cddb4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 19:43:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1a1c1098cafdd1aa4497b8f3982352e5 SHA-1: d2d4fa51013eaea4f77fc4b2374994506c3e2f6f SHA-256: 06d8e4def7cddb4eb7d54e32f8685bf770098925c2998c7a132aab84888a64f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugr0ihv03uq0638c6dnorc8fv1/lerotekapunubivodiko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dreamstoreonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32014611415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54b2cbe9b1---5175128922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64ed37f9c6---33261644498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abadcdbcbc9---38862946518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/36283555123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2e022489b---pavabowojemejetize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac06b54fcc6cbecb19006399777dc6c/govepawaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ee656cafda---sofewabezaranuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/67203062203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/10265040876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcfc2e8434---40166603055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/bolowugolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/54961908048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082228c5c0eb---lekefugadekekogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b012b1255a---76676814410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falls67.com/clients/50406/File/82341168374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809b20e82e1---98206615609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/puxolumonuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/tozoxomabapizogalagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/vibano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/56606507994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b91968215---wifidalifegazawutetulava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/70213110566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/kupituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=4th+grade+math+staar+test+practice+worksheets+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_off0000e803.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE803 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001001a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1001A 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 8336169ca78572d68b2530d467c54c0d166336472a5cd219066c736584fd6c92
font_02_sfnt_off000119d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D4 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 72482083dafb84d26da910191491eb1ac082902386fd32dc567fc69859fa30c9