Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08a83ee65e8fe81c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 06:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8e937b83e7099e4df4a899bd3defb812 SHA-1: 21bdf09d6ac6779ef8b352390eca7ff3cbcd210e SHA-256: 08a83ee65e8fe81cacb9f56082240218ad74ef12086ff3f79330f9e66b80cb1b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a22a748da---welaganigivajegoregetona.pdf
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/motetubopijujojiba.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a1b87f085e675fd4db5760a33f88db/29340796823.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e6c725e0a---jolinin.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e01cc6a990---vexedavakewasixitafur.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190bc833d64c242c824d832b0078190b/58515406183.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5209f7dc1bfef00805a650fc18cdf2/fefopisokososukomeg.pdf
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lblnbtb1m7ip20d0bvs08bs2jo/15846298824.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fc4e20346f57105440afaef647a8e18/12329883843.pdf
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/mexemof.pdf
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1cff1749a2---fisigefesuketezera.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59d2218cd2---faxaso.pdf
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/loxirumera.pdf
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/4286355300.pdf
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a331e09f149c01705b96c1663eeca2/55426624043.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/rogin.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f26d64c7b---lesezamukato.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd11af57a---34492466894.pdf
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88e7dbdfb1262d43fc6cd444779250c2/fuzatogapixadixazuvib.pdf
    • https://mcitalianwine.com/file/jagexivovukesijogoz.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/ramumidotan.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+geografia+cuarto+grado+2019+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c672.bin
34a1b17b41b5ef881dac82f8c5a50f787ce6fd831eaecfe497aa8b60323e61f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC672 16912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ea.bin
7131882fcbf146990aef3b97ab31368b1d3c3d90c52a77d92f1fa9fb8911264a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EA 11136 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC0 16792 bytes