Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d06c2df0bdcb2124…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b323b537810cc80464feea415a7556eb SHA-1: b9daa4b68b7ec02c511b42acb9959a6babb7e1a5 SHA-256: d06c2df0bdcb2124b7bee8a7171202bf2deb5837be719de9537d2901ac898b54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to exploit users by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/varqbpt6kj5rufm89cchp09uop/78857484610.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b363ac94b---34897362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2604cea272---36383701039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coopmong.com/ckupload/files/52464216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812d0b5f306---77463436414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704994e5fc8---nawiwawozafavuwagupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/84303239489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukikafarunevanasinolafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609849043c30a---vogerikevizedoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/jinubopipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/sisojonigaxereduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6549e9392---80962323377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612be3db48d58---fakufemorikikumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dde9a7c288b---vovoligov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38f25a2bd641f915cbfddf2e3cd42d5c/gaxepuzipafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/dogirakudelorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/57609778197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galelixasabebina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f680d5de5469a0aaadca649764df4f3/20422789752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee1786ecee---46812320681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48484742848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/vamepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/monibufaxajupikipajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=music+notes+for+keyboard+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_off0000fb93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB93 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 5579a012ab7e7f7893bb047403ae86dc09166220893563ec131e60aab5bd1944
font_01_sfnt_off00012a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001424c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1424C 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 2883a48f1fb84eb5e280df24c2bfcbcdd6f6e54743eb1f1ac1bd1e1824c25825