Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06dd58d21f2acd56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2bf64ffc7afe927d01c52f180fa82e09 SHA-1: 600b7b7117fb52cb214d91d921bac16069c87391 SHA-256: 06dd58d21f2acd56167b9b343642e0a5fa4301ccb1a55be943d547170739c231
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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 https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6dba6385d56e12fa14a2bce8b126c55/510498380.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727cc9141c4---86622772185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6f35891cf4---fugofipirufowuxodetiwoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1edhqm8p9jq1rkomb93g8tok0/36414009364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0054eef53a3e69180d0a4f07dfd99ddb/22488807849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/93058539053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57c498c2eb---nofixupunatelasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de79933dd812c19e2e031f211074412/kivurozekepixiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu1m1l3hs7u6sclr92b9otciq1/punulevupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/65257819365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee78e401fe---piginijemimidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/62094147098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berrybucs1973.com/clients/3/3a/3a2d6910be1067feaf6dc79f90d505e0/File/sozifojomirazotuvebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56553883ce---mijamijavavepezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbrooksouth1970.com/clients/1/17/17fc1bd13d5538a69f39d58c869d2fc5/File/4771139411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tempene5q9cvt96opkdnffmhuh/nokezadivubowavuvomufajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747e26f0cd4---jugovovigipekaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/8860019419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0012c1f97---lifudupevolikokonelufaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojuzedidirimexumoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5b4c3ada670f9cb73bfbe46f3949fc/44233009222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607615acadedf---9098986662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd37949362---15885900815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/13920946757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=why+did+the+school+kids+eat+their+homeworkPDF 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_off000128f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001410d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1410D 10816 bytes
SHA-256: e28fcfc758c3fd6eaa9c9b881aa056e1fefa0e1019d383b0c554e7831ca01de8
font_02_sfnt_off00015a14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A14 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 4fd697e67fbcd05dad7c7cf090bc8db3474c2d534868a4a32c45224515fcd55b