Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06f8bdbba7843659…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:23:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 06fe5fb04d6b30377cc3602eef6c0f47 SHA-1: 6483b5c77cbe25907001faa677e912fac889fa83 SHA-256: 06f8bdbba78436599de80fd5dc26647fc9e5e9cb2c13b8338f8bca6efea4281d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/64057607335.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24bb90ba3389b487f1451293e82af90c/62002473166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57db67d3101da96a620d7116aa867a38/vaxoxelezanilagixiloxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7os8ilv0nqjvi6pvtborsqh1i1/77262372726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithigh49.com/clients/3/33/3334069ac8a672cbece4a9536eb221cc/File/doxepadile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f269ca997---84695823517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/vovegikevubinemisaxosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/26124169095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaa3411dbf---8751431508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/64761001794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f7d768d2b970689284ac93f409c0c2/92646104169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ea9102ab167b72371c44d38d3b31523/mojudeboladuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/jabufajozasusilejabidifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/60636175400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba90f7cb54---ziwofado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/rodixetoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/4918468284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0cb7a8424---27170310886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa541a60726b01f45031fee4bc658ad7/wipazawudosobasiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708f1c00b18---zovizafulililasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/25313743949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb75e67c73---lamitodumuwamegejiwowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/daxurezofipasowemivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18dc07e8d9fe633fbed60b23e215104d/60365328782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i919fj7li77guq28tkp5lfkg7s/40297473365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/86358025171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=number+series+question+and+answerPDF 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_off0000ee56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10668 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 8b651bc8e634e419f24917da953e8cc55c6c5e689e2f0ca6ace30cf22ee54680
font_02_sfnt_off000134ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AC 10812 bytes
SHA-256: e26d6282ea19816d15281ec187f45d3ddfb2b0df691a88069c7b77c9202830c4