Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06e1e771368dfa10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3b68e45e8e4d6dbb080acd87018aff11 SHA-1: 61a284e2c5751679f9137527455cd69f062049ee SHA-256: 06e1e771368dfa10d6142f60e48033c89b3439dadea76dbc031b8d93f1a1831b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially track user engagement with malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pagalworld+music+download+2019 PDF link annotation
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1a6468bf97---6922757674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080791acd6e7---bamopugoxakuboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd83a22770---68879886657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ae58d5936632778ac3faac1c219074/56606894294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovemynewstemcells.com/clients/865932/File/xuwapufesixasifobonuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/neminaxitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e46c087581a96419ec70ba7c0dadcbb/maxinotosuferolaxasamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4b245d32b995591cb458b55572c0e4/mobunixutifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e44ad09fd---rizutumesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/pawedusokubopivunatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc41fa540e---bulewugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c80d3e4701d4e46957da42522def96/40235983914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a5483fa8c---zisirasilulamukaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v950jqivqh0n3efq7klhpm56i1/77789521448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/34091511362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274178bafaf45127753373401c37463a/benajobolavunoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3650aff5373f670a21ebd33bfd9a9dfc/vaxanakokapeneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mff4sncllu3hf5fg665uhr6ua1/3856238556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1d31434aa---95302411051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/16800627492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/045343a53bb9d5015098ee9763786252/21636170959.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_off0000f4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DA 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 809085302f1b71088cc6adb6107a2e86c3a4bbec6be17ec7cbf85c47e7fb5f99
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D6 18480 bytes
SHA-256: d08c8b2cdb81ca60e57876e146f7572adf6b686a7c0ede34d4840089fb033a58