Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f06c2c1f1a5bd6ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-21 00:16:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a16d043fe0a18e6e79f73697c8543d4c SHA-1: e61bc838cc1b45fedd0c5acf3fa2e36d0f622e73 SHA-256: f06c2c1f1a5bd6ec31e50caacc47777d5be65726e52b4bae664dec13f2df9ff5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, 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 directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with exploitation techniques that could lead to client-side execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://onlinendttraining.net/files/gaguvagovetebimulovojora.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed283a0aa9---jeledafubogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a97bf00c01b71af94382b5c8a1b80f4/majorajosutuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c61ebb84b---zenuzuvejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5eb848d5b0---77467592651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab77e8bf743---rogatuzotasapagasejovevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/19561821269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9561e7aa5c9a2a9411d695f729c7f9bd/8191552683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/remekixekirewejevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/kixawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/zevurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53bddeb48f3aa9d8d7159acaa871cc7/88365014271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/91578105728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomnhenryanderson.com/clients/8/8a/8a1068334c160bb49438aafe8043afff/File/ledokixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/jasedojinorarunelonubosaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulco7ftbrhsk81u5er3scvjve0/72462776564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798f4496915---41665343765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d55049ff89---3292693499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ccab8ac32---8218798736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/monuwawamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b58983b2c33---95844749198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f897ff2a30---tivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuiquji.net/d/files/30691565984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=silicone+latex+allergyPDF 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_off0000f5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BC 16648 bytes
SHA-256: 7664638bc56588d5a88ff295b29abeb0e1b924e1f11f5dccb5757dd27bb12afe
font_01_sfnt_off0001210a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210A 10528 bytes
SHA-256: de873820d3635f1342550dfd4bf8a3ae6255a1310fdbb5db97738321b65bb614
font_02_sfnt_off00013930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13930 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1