Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008b19a52b16092d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8a91ed26cc533649377c272b2132ae8b SHA-1: 65e8af9071fbdda08c3c8d80854edaf3b69c7870 SHA-256: 008b19a52b16092d6b182459eca06f1d1152c18a1301595fa11d6ffacf404a62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or exploit kits. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a phishing or downloader attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcdd4cb59c0e2c089d63332695103355/70270387551.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/99524393582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26nph5em7j7rfgvhb8qbm8s11t/ziwojerefaforadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00h4ve425reqr39vpur759neh0/gapojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22c322abb5---gamarovaketagubusixiwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohyundaidanang.com/uploads/image/files/84527157870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbamedica.org/userfiles/files/woxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mascotdd.com/file_media/file_image/file/97596598299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44531687892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/29826413962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/23502097190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/lefulekegan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texubolomoxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/vukaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/vepinibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b564d298d21---74902739783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepekuwejoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/46801782579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/ledoxibizojidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://confidenzacsapagy.hu/upload/43204856444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/67327694022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9177d4aaef006c8ddce2d359af94bdf/883630898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/rulitonajarepigafipepaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/36034346950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/lafewasemunixawaposituxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=nikon+d3100+manual+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD929 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 52f7a41d3e4b0dba7cdbf685bea08d59a0ce1ded138575d24f2f2ca26a66b00d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EF 18272 bytes
SHA-256: 7754f541bdc0a8850e20956b0c71b1d814931d8b0475f77d4b6b4d25e66cb0c8
font_02_sfnt_off0001214b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1