Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e06a1af20c1febdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 14:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d368733fd576e46f6f109a62ca412071 SHA-1: 7037ee435e4e12fb727fe49dfe1a3ab4b09d70db SHA-256: e06a1af20c1febddc2864f15092707d614f847cabde1a976a6d84bdd299b89a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading a malicious payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=autodesk+download+autocad+versao+estudante PDF link annotation
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7a5905e09---78653407200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff6783d8a190e5136de274838d6e7af/18085399714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaidicattery.com/clients/f/f7/f7b4890cfba443994123e46b8078d6bd/File/52322766805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fastgood4cheap.com/clients/4890/File/45542555567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/22201202925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/salidoninezukewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14aab45aac---86440746356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/12941516177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eee87df21839ae3f9d8216abeaf3a8e/lobibuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/gebirujoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdec9587d3d610342111eb8f654587ba/61694191910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/tujigetamazetulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameragiaminh.com/upload/files/75377193548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/kakawizizatomanaleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31509152523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/30307545698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6992f15b2dac074550d0b3fe1f1639b8/61405152167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/zuzufofebamupogofoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4f02c2fe0---xoxuwokelazapabeteses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziadiviaggiocagliari.it/file/wonebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e07e141b7---42648865195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091af1f5438f---1890285779.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_off0000d9fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9FD 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 9f898399ba61abe6f5a7faf92137c083d856dcff092c964e5aa5aabac26a8fb4
font_01_sfnt_off000108b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B5 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 29f6d34c5ccd1e889e2d0643503b174e1590bc8835a5ce853d2ca9157cb96485
font_02_sfnt_off00012137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1