Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b06d89715272985e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 14d61ed78d228330b6413871b0588d05 SHA-1: 5895ace195c8e46d9c493781b781dcb287271407 SHA-256: b06d89715272985e4c26e4127bfaa47af6a24fa7acd8ce4887351a9e3cadbf8d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript stream, though not fully analyzed, likely contributes to the malicious functionality by facilitating the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/19621592858.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a069995eec70c066984e03206c1700bb/96518903905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d943276fce---87673855247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/pezogume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/xemezovixolajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/21611684627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/up8ah5bqnj5oi49t0nn16j0001/winunaxusetoxore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbdirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37279152650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8f903156d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11128980132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/74179644529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82985865958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/29477383210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac05945ab3b---figiluboxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108021530013274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/27976201896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/sizewawiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e9eea55f3b99db8ffb76247381fa0e8/83808735464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidutekekixaxomelawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73c84e1130f7cac3268fd3cc01108ef/87955218921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/98343001537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21774006048396eff6deac86dbabd5fc/91402225966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bcc5173547---56813222432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mcsa+2016+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000d73e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD73E 11356 bytes
SHA-256: c97a56bb2166c5b24a059a2deb94626772db90336d1db471a07fec2d6030cfeb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f21c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21C 17000 bytes
SHA-256: ea11b8eab3cdc3c2b4d98789c9ce57c2d6f1233d2e9f7c42965db7ca362309b8
font_02_sfnt_off00011e8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1