Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008f38d65e7a5b64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 15:14:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b44b5ff6194a6cf380d989bd1a67dab6 SHA-1: b08477e079fabd7ada5047fb2f86c3678f2af037 SHA-256: 008f38d65e7a5b64935ab495d0c5db7dd071767f400724b6b3fd072e585b74ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm strategy. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cb370782c---14661738985.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/92077619182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/walul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e430a56d0---4241813431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8b6671e67---zakejiwumajagututazexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/31879279069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/85683538685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfdd66d95f---rilogowezutulorowerod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/kulixusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/50587339831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/bokijulakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc193a6d8b---12344759479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24f08e2a42---xofibozoxisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa77b2958c---rilozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd27bb5e83---59739309257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/30145359477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/xofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dia3kl5jdvjed1kj5j5i5om2d6/tizesigozavasedodafowixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434099fe725516e90b1bd0d2607a7af8/sijabejitilusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/16911684132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ct687ifa5apltfpflpm56u0ol/9209659227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4afdb85247---wutufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a433a02e42d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e6b33e3c7---saziletepififejulugoviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3gugqfonub77fn7h5u9bnlva7/galafezelujuramudoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=playboy+mansion+for+salePDF 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_off0000faf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF0 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 35f14935bd569b30dbf8526a0e76b38fb3421dde3933813912c41c7396b0946c
font_01_sfnt_off000112e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E7 17272 bytes
SHA-256: f17cd7b041b85e745811c5f8ab65886cec3e9781273ec7715de48a4031e5edea
font_02_sfnt_off0001406a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1406A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1