Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11a06065fa24f5ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:07:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 9aa0e55963b7fcd1ce4928e80fc58900 SHA-1: c5fe58694b64e22ca53402b02758c61b63cde9c0 SHA-256: 11a06065fa24f5ae853b5efdc256bc4b39ff4120c1a70f66f28695bc25ac33e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL heuristics and AV detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasokumo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/kixaturefezuluxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088165c213b4---waxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/judunovizenenazowape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f367364a6e8ae125f222aca9d85e92d/zebazifajawipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/vigawegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/67161498978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705bfd7fbd3---9175363582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/xoluxewuxorejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/43120062186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivig35o3gtog8m0lb73h3eesqh/vetenadafusadagekavote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ceb5fa7cb9---39127117893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/24062517125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/94965311843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82ca1bkibi6eufn5bh1b7i3e.com/UserFiles/File/wiwatexofogesukirodajalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/zojotasuwaxuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ede7fd3a3a---sulijaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/78922154123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31d5437698---19189838957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/kilixitagobewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f7b54d004---kirowofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/xenerezurafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003e3039e878a8108c79c26c49ec1a7b/jomibipizatomareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=give+and+take+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000dfa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA2 10644 bytes
SHA-256: d43952de5ec23d3f62333ac7964d79a1026a4959ada76c2680e0d6bd76655472
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001100b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100B 17480 bytes
SHA-256: a95a465972c2d23599d34cc1071c92580fd6583c71459ecb12fdd0204bdd9cb4