Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008e88a0d8fbe04d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:45:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: e0bdb9a6043f601b056c48395b96a35d SHA-1: 0e10cf12b56c0cd9ee07592768e3898291240364 SHA-256: 008e88a0d8fbe04d8bce6cc96130a93ec9b01919cc1083acd65d0c874ce96644
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are characteristic of a lure document designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/kidabuwetodupijan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/kutupedusopani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f28961fff7---palipevuwelozorizinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/derusowedeguveliwalimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/telorege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d2562136c---redaravin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springbook.no/files/vagatasezedigipimuruset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/56124268216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/jesexifolawafolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/nuloxademoxodetozoramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/buxigududovere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e0f7fd31b7---madesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5652debd0a---58635468547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc68edbe14---zomezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21314573591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefinumogesodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3438bd2cea---71528281222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/lipemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2637cf1d9a---kotozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mba6ru7948camo96iao287ni45/fijudarapeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physocare.com/Images_upload/files/kerimafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c613ef484---90404387899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=communication+system+class+12+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000e87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001008c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008C 16520 bytes
SHA-256: d8a7043d252e3f085dc855f4a22d0f866aeb4d86ffbc546dc28a003394c5e751
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA9 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 1fbcc432f277c459fde91739cb2945f2a619baa964c51fb84fabbd0cfc88f89c