Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08a9ae9fc2dc3301…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:21:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 490444cb8deb009354f1d0d9a21a365c SHA-1: c7fc02d41f3fb79e7e0b33b1c3afbcedc7871257 SHA-256: 08a9ae9fc2dc3301297cb29b4c4604e14231a9e2ad4f1ef4d7a0c90cb0da3e11
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malicious content delivery mechanism. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The embedded JavaScript stream, though not fully analyzed, combined with the link farm and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload or redirect to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/87168380405.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1cvgln0ucrviphrcnfl394m50/98474353940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibingvibes.com/userfiles/files/51180472226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/lizilakirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/zavopugoxugejotokozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tesomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fba01c96dbf238ff087f38f77fda52f/72574414706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14a393b563a9346801922b97dc4b92b2/54679262832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/44951830020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99715308ab---gowamezuzuzoxinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3539dd5ba13bbf62cb05a1dada880a71/nexikumoriwadipasugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0papp7vns53iphe4jtgsun6uv7/zasotinadopanesejovipogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/vuzorisetosexodoxorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1575ae7d8a08890da53ad6cd0ce40ac/14343390622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c86e6b9d6c---fewutudeputilujida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/69781905657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/15906671400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/porinitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0ee504ed9---tisixunoxepizonegutunozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/18464224361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fd9d971d7f---65440658415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fatajimutoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=preschool+worksheets+letter+pPDF 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_off0000bde5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F7 15948 bytes
SHA-256: 958d377ad1d43a8f780389958384580586f404b605e453af80b2395c01472d1b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA1 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8ac0963d450964414593dd9375254c7f9ab0f174f02eafb28b4a97604ed589