Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a06e55efd3775ce4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:51:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52dca0fa6a4bc6ae93192318f4d495dd SHA-1: c4b957f8b7b9ecd3249a06644471d61450c257ca SHA-256: a06e55efd3775ce40b3db58b13ddf16e8ca1e52aa83fc312648aada54fa54e21
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the use of UTM parameters in some links further support the attack pattern of luring users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=leagues+to+km
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d6e760571---xoritalojikumepu.pdf
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216145179240.pdf
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6b8c3fa44---polixazimupinujefari.pdf
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/40550493533.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di7lv57ob5sfukl6hsn7dajh19/tifafaxirobosimuvorika.pdf
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35bc6775dbcf9be67abf4aea8f9a219/32937324120.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e5b0a9d08---polabuzizesagigofagutebov.pdf
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/61997480144.pdf
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/rigiramawiran.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609821c3148db---68473150558.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819c9d27266---wubavofasof.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8b0aee07d---20002117594.pdf
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tikorex.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f80f3dd9e---lovag.pdf
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/38769526236.pdf
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33442929495.pdf
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16982bc5a06bfb6c2d9818193640d0ee/55176100706.pdf
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cca2b253e4d---39337121291.pdf
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a377939644f424aec4d648b981c08ed/7021753109.pdf
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/18329538111.pdf
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878a70dfc25---refajanomu.pdf
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/78665859676.pdf
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/99207012981.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7dc2e5e0ccd59de30bf6b39fdfe12c0/redusezugetorurutop.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f0b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F0B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001271d.bin
6bae1701e3eb3ae7a7c540884706faf9090b40d0dd1a96c370e261c0ba1c1817
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271D 17628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000155a5.bin
8efbc48535785a67e6fbe5e7d3dfb5472a71db25dc1efce4863d8b3a3e187539
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155A5 10260 bytes