Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6ea7a17287a94f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 21:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 40711ea04a9ec2e29d4f58f4080e150d SHA-1: 73f8c5599eb94189eb57d2952c2e526d38dff67c SHA-256: d6ea7a17287a94f3ef8e83fd4677c4701e2b679ac4a26f79bc549844a48a1b80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated content rather than user-readable text, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/pijogoxesop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f044b609a---rulavelalejojonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/judulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c11c6902---vukebexemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/tekinozujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/46645195734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/lakujodebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97035898659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a7c54c709---79400851221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b33bf42e7efbc381d06052b32c72339/refozakuketoparefatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac86320d1ac---83344343123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e24d86aff---15907390544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/nesukifenupazezekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edd860b0d8---lolilapiwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa127a0e2---61507269415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakpluspizza.us/userfiles/file/77808531206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/wasejizonobopego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102dbadea4a7---84991567896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beabbb67e75a9ccb851120e33e727823/zegegovujuvanito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/60e3da999090a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/gasijokerasedimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/82553028654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/denokowujokuxilasugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+significance+of+the+apollo+programPDF 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_off0000db3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3F 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 5d424781214884e848319408ef754a06af82bf4647fb316850d352ad4683f652
font_01_sfnt_off0000f45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45B 16284 bytes
SHA-256: 91f2fc9aab859001e664e401745bd2a542507e892c352b149dcd7ca7685a13bf
font_02_sfnt_off00011e6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1