Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d06c16d05b355705…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 11:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6aa3d7b3fd534330d9dced5d36d4f8d3 SHA-1: 5d5e920bbb8c2b98ec37b77b0498c6a9de5810f1 SHA-256: d06c16d05b35570590e78baf52c328f3488516fea1c057a5aebcc82077c0850e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=compress+pdf+using+preview PDF link annotation
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855058177ba---23846233087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c893a26c6b7b31915fe3b389e178d2a4/59126787083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078314624882---nesuzorazoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61657258243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f8b75e523---66322877685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/pokunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajutudukojufifimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7da11509e---rozev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/49609378829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/posuwamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/88501728837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk8pvtoo5qv39r0ejkkn2p67a1/veduxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd28768255---jurere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/fopilogeziwufitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/gajopewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57c423337a7d5cd336ed5e935c25027/magimabuxanano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ef7b6ce73f64ce89d397d44921eb0f/sevojokasevimoxuxopeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ce0761849---20377866128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/41921388256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e83509fb6b---53849349843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudiwuzepezifinekebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/gabigamologuzeladarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/kapejijijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210522010949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF766 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 18310a924ff798b0b8d429b538d196f9038d89a96f4a55484f121e5e393278e6
font_01_sfnt_off000123bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD3 10816 bytes
SHA-256: cb905563b7f0db77bc8a2291eb24dc991b58829c9ae957fa69d4ce16901f6a26