Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08544dba008d05b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:18:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 840ed9ca786cc7c463920bfaed1475a3 SHA-1: c137dee5c9534dee37551bdea4b6fec5a5368ca8 SHA-256: 08544dba008d05b656a6d152438c9bb8c7b9d10afc0f28f0102c609040f01804
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clash+royale+unlimited+elixir PDF link annotation
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di7g5e2aand9us3muccdd35200/tosokobefoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/9676776028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesgo.de/userfiles/file/13027161340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4862bc429509a0fb7f215f9c657d5520/potepanegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/72428052823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408864bf2eb---92812916529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvetabebabazikekikigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0eda81282e381e67d5ce8018eb49dd6/58599612355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/nerot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heyratacademy.ir/file/87584015285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfoza-krosno.pl/userfiles/file/zodusoxetoromexunoxegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tythb.cn/uploadfile/files/kukitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40871181953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufakuweferagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/28745528213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/refilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/no3sbkq7h61hr2d25bvbbvv0p3/74919373643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/goketefalunegune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibarugi.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/52325176448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83290087324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuamaydemtien.biz/userfiles/file/38818668772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1472075623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057dab07257ea181343df4cf320d1678/35333815293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f980de2474ee788d6f241d11cbb44f02/datuguzifunurijozikopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q2nd1p8mvl6ch2ulumeeogj3i/remarariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anael.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fejuletozijujututafubita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF458 10860 bytes
SHA-256: bd00c8ca6c7c2c62819d07086f5df9e0bad7b42d7465e9c7f540eadca554d144
font_02_sfnt_off00010d40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D40 18560 bytes
SHA-256: 9a74ce330ea46413e1513b7a055b3c751b2a976a5898f13edf10cc465e440522