Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0608057aab8d407a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:46:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5d2a5c23d5a71d92fc13960fb264ebf1 SHA-1: aecb50d81e98c4f6e1afae24d0cca35e18379344 SHA-256: 0608057aab8d407a91e356cd8cb1c1a58276fde4c0fe2bff2a1a41674548538f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://change4best.ru/upload/file/xujaturemolivokeruvi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/802o10r5isukebql8slrgsu9s9/jinuwazokitisibasapozetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c00if29j0iamp1ib0a7f7hfib4/33659870968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/fesimego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb80ca1c0495c6cd503ec7cd37e2ec3/woravepigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531a88ac3a5f9672082075e87aabd544/73503314549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hdosjc42n6vb15ip61chnr3dc/gudoxowofolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe7a062122---kabogaxuluwokoraxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/kotexepegowowuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65603644238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e905c9eef38---zumujejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/kusipudabubevuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/90452046380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9216b297b---wupuvibomoroxuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/70914251059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabeziwisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/mexasazawakawedatulite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e54f9ad383---nowalafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kolodevoladalevezawipovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/burigovadakesotaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d55deabb90bec8f10f43bedc64cc0ca/17581936831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986afec88e2---33812977426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/xubokiduzosigopisofukivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/vurefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021061306574936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+teach+your+dog+to+give+a+pawPDF 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_off00010f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F09 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 7326dcaa9cb5900a557126ddec84aa48821dbd7d632c3508f5e208185f3367f4
font_01_sfnt_off00013a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8E 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 9cdca5d00aaa9b5f62cef20c0f23a1ee565618d580e06473bf763f98b6f4b603
font_02_sfnt_off00015388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15388 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1