Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6066d271d0cd2280…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 22:43:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3d50cb08d29f7a7c25bd53ed186f4a6c SHA-1: a29c08d5de334bd53c2797273635c21749be5384 SHA-256: 6066d271d0cd2280bd31669ebd823c104501d939b61a94742cc71c0fb44146ad
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' indicates it's an image-only document designed to trick users into clicking embedded links, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. Multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting were extracted, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728008c77e0ab4a4ab4ebb34c27f99b4/rajevabajakek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3f169e2da---zodelevebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b96fb58e785c1307183e1a5b31995f/29125990475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/76880246395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/lamepufobiporosuruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stananddiane.com/clients/6/67/672a2699e369d648dd23e03de9deda78/File/91330980581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f25fec399d5---gidexabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28488236740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/jesajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/febeneremapemubitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/tuniguzokerivapikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2bg5tp6c98ijllusa9i3ico65/85414536499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/dized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfdfe8e9198c7c488aaa4110f64a24c9/30847018299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5b26816f1---maxuzabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a05fbfa117255250c082ffe072731ad2/96308652100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5fb00ee2dfcac8e101a83d8b472e0f6/gupuxogajifaxiwosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89888270968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073efaf701b7---81614706080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/64378879378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9964efd77---78419175485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/fumudemetorexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k03th7mdr14kbdad5keah4a646/77720848844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/20493225292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+after+effects+cc+2017+trial+free+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_off0000b4a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A0 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 9ed152780022cdd1578fce87265b07d86d5da9953dfbc5c6b722d1b367f8dd46
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A8 13920 bytes
SHA-256: ad4d8989d54f6c159b1f55a976e233a4d3b89cdba8a9b7474ace46b005669ac4