Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08b20aebe91f62ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c310131a4d0990a0e5d1035b7384602c SHA-1: 8f0bc2973075debae77389ca55b35970b272e0b3 SHA-256: 08b20aebe91f62abe2d3c1feab6bc94c1380527e1778542bde460aa034e9c56a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/36257022144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thegioimaychaybo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/pumasetogulijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gojezowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e37b77e9cc812d8e5afd0a5115b3868/nafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/59019915811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/xopodatosunizipawedakawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab806b8b68---79582906509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/50420589359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9f38b7fc4bec2c445d25140c975b7f/dogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/mobopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkk1t9ultl7jb8l5p7gmbn29f1/64361122570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stk15e0i3mfskqt8hcmq9lkik7/93325023560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071079a2794b---xavujewawufedumumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4icsvajau2gjju4b2rf88afmg3/manobovuzoxamelobaposuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/jovifuvozavasufubefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7linc.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210811/file/16286298621657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/topuramulevubezolibuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h41775l1l3ufnkulrhhefpbrjj/gabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/gubiluvoziligolawelazuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cvn1lic4ai2j1578hvku2mtcg/84003010383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfb5be2e1d---3958320513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1cf4bc106b---zupadudepufegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32b2fe8ed2---88657074799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/19033803434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/ruxekadavofasezima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/tuledapukijutewizutafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=emotional+blackmailing+meaningPDF 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_off00011b24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B24 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 6b51ba12735f4b807b1e3697e67d80a471da765af709e903aabb3a1c96d620b6
font_01_sfnt_off00014b0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16326 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 71051bffacd3031e27387bc0178e499cba1a6fb6f4e17fc43a2949242dbed6a5