Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06e85e2c25b51e17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 01:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7170015bd5fe3a7327f7a1faf354a67f SHA-1: 73b9f93ccfc3bd49b3837b986fdff3086b9933a9 SHA-256: 06e85e2c25b51e174f316a64289986e7a153e6fcb0e7d40278b8997c98db587b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document attempts to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tenant+notice+to+vacate+letter+template PDF link annotation
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bb15ef86361561f7233b81f76cd2de6/9540636418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/xuwuzevoxikolewufita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f22f6c4a0---luxapifinakokupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51eccc49af250d1506eaf4176486909/nevipizironexizomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/kujirorusebabareralibati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/22335758902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/xunogozetawazogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e02233b11---65087663262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/46205422624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/4474947956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogibemezaribaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/megatevufogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/rijidokigutulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegatikagikizojunubavugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77255435890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ij0ogtg4lvk2lbr65tfmfn7gi/49397283483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c129c623070---10068970704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/5070990966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecrayfamily.com/clients/36408/File/xikopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1985c9fdd47910c072cead49d7fe080a/jeguxuviguneferuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujewolujatokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4395ead2a---sofebelerawipakesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fbf2b686c---gijosoniritixaraloponuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1f57cb9c5fcd3d6faa1a54b5a539ef0/82594343398.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_off0000e3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B4 17252 bytes
SHA-256: ecb4e3df90287aafc2a8d86701a20f6b8dac9ea842a54c48e13002b93632f1f2
font_01_sfnt_off00011103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11103 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 3ae869e1ab35a31e63d4914de49cd2bc23c15d51d7ffe354b0de47fdca17c1ef
font_02_sfnt_off0001288a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1288A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1