Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d06fad832b04b16b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:18:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 530559d002b288b746dab95f93445fe7 SHA-1: 73ddc599107684557e0d5f6d60f62b6cf2968e2b SHA-256: d06fad832b04b16bac123fdf044ea1b3e45e312ebf0058993600ff8c139cd185
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains JavaScript actions and numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+clarice+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426a9892001---39811163566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3203a364e637092c867f3ffd5ff118c3/87881354126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balesowuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/64884937239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/76383806742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanouklid.cz/upload/file/11939166191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ez-surveying.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/55148881378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattleteriyaki3.com/uploads/files/rivurat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents/files/tobivutenubezonefatemuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/zulufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22552355415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f053d913de---dikidomixigunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/vebatenupegosotuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/88292083363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334672d150d---dagarutuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/16743674072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-c-t.com/userfiles/file/2059362104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frutalmente.pt/site/upload/file/549736604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yensaovinastar.com/media/files/79523907259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/15175175644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snkpost.com/fckedit_file/file///20210912_22_19_43.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3424122f185c8f4a27c8d6578f5dd6/58198537689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/66385548917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nizagewovilokugemor.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_off0000e3e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E6 10260 bytes
SHA-256: a1cf4ddbd65c5b0db25e5fef86dedbaf112cfa48c2497867a3923eca8dd37740
font_01_sfnt_off0000fae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F9 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 324d7051b0a4d81de1aaca3626a278de0a51d2b876a0fd0c290b5fa41d36d10f