Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008438423cc764e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 01:16:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5b4db675d0a55f0fad9765ca9a728fe4 SHA-1: 0072e5ff77dda59a2f5353052a5bc0e2a1b941ac SHA-256: 008438423cc764e2835b12fb2498efb97e15c869c5fa14f2eb250201d676a684
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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 http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/bebiwomajukinajatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9afa197cfe---46515512851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/13854765711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/92980495357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d6d79cd19b0adccb7db9b4c7c5716d/gubaguzobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikokusoxekexubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a669f4d2acf---61601150053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d6b96908c---14312886490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2b0c3e63b---52336865942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/37256299390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/30676261231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maschimaurizio.it/userfiles/files/morudimenoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0626de0834---melodomojabilovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakomiwexojuzibapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab38681d125---70208098069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/97510289487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/nujagojadoxibepiwodirosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/14288764318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojixafoneleditametaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fc08028ca5f5df5a9793340d56fd66/noduwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202107200442024823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab62d6ba3d4---40979111038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pflctl45312bkio3vi8kqb3n7q/rerulokikeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t522qn54908pb977489t7idrk/40051312124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/11577045296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/xulisavesajopipixewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=replacing+rfa-67+batteryPDF 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_off0000f80c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF80C 16032 bytes
SHA-256: f25c97ab671252046e76b8144ae15eb2e0763635d009a98f4e74ca0c5c6bfed0
font_01_sfnt_off0001217b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1217B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13992 10916 bytes
SHA-256: c6e6197aa269f506bf662151f0a1f35fb4ebbf02d8f0a17fbf2871372c795e57