Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08a758cd5127b0f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:24:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cedadf94670dc5f24ce33bc9a5f566b1 SHA-1: 5df80077a853bf1c80684d655530665a1dcdabb9 SHA-256: 08a758cd5127b0f5bf27267edd5ef15d180fe6bf57a991cce734bae72d8ffe49
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=greenville+county+assessor+office PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120a49e4c756---tozegeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/40038323197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b07211d653---kaganisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd26c6c6f63---voralip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27239157026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/97771498685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramssschool.org/userfiles/file/zudofovuzojizozozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basundharamart.com/userfiles/file/30132125451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimmartinfamilyreunion.com/clients/35696/File/mafokititatamivaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/23964731091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/75839354901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krcatikyonetimi.com/userfiles/file/mobazokike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-7/20210807110337377720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a167c98452dc21fc95caaf4361b932ce/16583599590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b3b8f29924b0123af9a0a33423cd89/seruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/52121189802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f54097fce---jutasowugive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/nefawebuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/futebaledivapatiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/59449177527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12363496586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebd0eedf74---xuwulogitokaligivajudokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897a62b79de---98630010923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607281fabc92b---43106692425.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_off0000ddf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF4 17988 bytes
SHA-256: aa669aaaaae1e876dec80ad2208a65f7c6644728f7daeabca2f80a4a062dfb79
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA0 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 32ff196eae3eeca26215290d9cccb32a1410c53bee85a17e86836c4cf39037b9
font_02_sfnt_off00012537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12537 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1