Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08953c53105389ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:23:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 075d80ed01885d6d968889ee09293457 SHA-1: c019071ceb7f9f912bf1a3418f14f23d4d514e3c SHA-256: 08953c53105389ecbdd7764a86df9dc1942a1d679718ab295c8a6da4d2f907d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL analysis indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=walk+in+physical+exams PDF link annotation
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/pifotodufisebisumova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/pajekuvuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709d3d8aad84c445414b8231807389d7/vivuzitulupavuweziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b21cf11e653e2997fca1c4cb46b8fd58/sogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf45e64d58---kizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8e49d9cfb---36748414638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae87617379f---98716101096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7tec.ru/userfiles/files/tozewafigizunagukumiropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3af286530a2b9212c4d6a485c3f2253b/59752174299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45fe005146---gojipajomiliveziwumowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40c8c41d2f---vobapazibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be4d31d23cf---34584298165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcc1039ddc5b07c6c205b94f37849f9f/40588667414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca11287c2aa---zixuletamunoxakatupuwile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/titolerabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c492828629f79d7e6fcc8aef68e157d1/47175714240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/44888848242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bc4a655999700832f84e45ca7058d1c/34852162822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee2af800ee---kafofojolobuxanexozuvitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ff47950b9---movagerigimuninudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bee4da86f8---xowodudisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec4bf4db00---67333383148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea1734dbef8c8f5f7d97aaeae47ba4c0/22914547621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oudo48d43m4qjbuq2kbk0rdtp8/xurelexogejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ff0f7ad45---kiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fd5cac1de---tininekujufetelawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/kozawop.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_off0000f0be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D5 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 0040d28b35b7e167738bdd81ecee552d3fefae7dbe6a7c3685770aa2af136695
font_02_sfnt_off000120e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E9 17856 bytes
SHA-256: c746b48be497072887e68b4d2009f95efa1ce83aa6587945d8832be21632f464