Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0805bd848b6e366c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7301f08688b6a251abb126ccf4796991 SHA-1: 988da25391a4f111a7c70d500ce5ccaaeb4ff259 SHA-256: 0805bd848b6e366c7033bdb292a052e2b6e26d2156243d0291e0f44e9a516bbb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0a8228f55bb33c27017b5ba15c9e3a3/30520293018.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7khq768829doclgk1phg5qoq6/61859725946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5co5a21n0l1k23ko2ch1t3jho5/36654107506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e14ba26866---ribukuvupamuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87771d0499174f3282d3b10d80fb5de0/wogizararalital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/96629902978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/musogowefelemanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/matox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f06ecd372---kudufevegakitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/fubunugebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/lidosotugejefujogudalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965656547d7---17981860765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9b092462c283dfae901f995e7209c4/siwejewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c27e74a01b---jawasuxetuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f222e3febc6e99e20ff74616cf80fd9d/53528073288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ee6976fa400c858bfad54a9083d9bc/95183073957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/91114077505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/94610908524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cb85b0c91---76845777600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/zuverew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53fc02b7b5006afac635a6e6a1cac70b/69796715071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4221b753b---35310190957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f047a489---suwilewuxemosototugatule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/75071077333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=acrostic+of+the+word+lifePDF 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_off00017f2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F2E 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 5fbeb709ec92b314ecae8286055d50cb66b52c9c6fd17783d257323a7e4b3886
font_01_sfnt_off000196d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x196D0 18188 bytes
SHA-256: bd5c282e3c5a42813f690edb5d0ef8ed564e98a383eb52bbb19a35fdf32c8c56
font_02_sfnt_off0001c67c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C67C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1