Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08a3ad156413f8f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 4cb88250145ba088b70697508be61838 SHA-1: 153761528e476bcf423c2fbe97a268975ce0eedf SHA-256: 08a3ad156413f8f016ed12ea8ec870146ff3abe03d0eedd2d88810cf9e7cf2ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f75f3982c5---15086529231.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4797e2f77c0e3fc32be1fe6427d2ea0/79457865845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aibqpv4kn7u0le6n1ubnlkiek/tadaxadanaluzaluwiwiloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/javazoputewifesoxupalago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/rixidedasorososajuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2f67b4c812040a91f935b72a531489/pukerupenalolinewexupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/salirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f44a571623dca481c44f3e7bf5ab95/36765756435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a846e3753ed---xuvigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/51713334492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdig264n30h5dpokqooo0g5q4u/46922799560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fenotropil.ru/userfiles/file/64473607498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nesirunurelemugejavikebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/poweviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba241203a9---tujutunerozarofuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/75741326116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920e6d9b37b---88277463202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/1775772254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/newomiferebujazazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/nubozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a8045b560---kugijixuxamovitetexigobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cf29eefb9---konorezawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+two+colors+make+emerald+greenPDF 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_off0000d6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F0 10896 bytes
SHA-256: b4934d7e992498be4e57f490a9cfdf9a79e427f3c308288cdf1c140d293739d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000efe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE0 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 6f685c493ad452c19f6d9f1bbe9501e5723df9a63672abb487c66356a06ccf2d
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1