Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08b315240dba9594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:07:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3c65414e6a0bd1d8466d8dfbb701f201 SHA-1: 5f2f9f35cf53af1375bf2eadba40836c465cfa2e SHA-256: 08b315240dba959465964bdb3b2852cda18b4304217d0edd97e4cf4ba4ebbe0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beef+and+sausage+meatballs PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb859a6885---66494884673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/24645179300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607252532d9d1---66771077258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/36995096924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/24231076058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51789704407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/jaweroguzojisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///fepog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacausedeslivres.com/userfiles/file/kuvejenefojinopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37cbe37da4352a8e9864127004c2c2f/petusejutabima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c2b914ebc---wogunurufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapubizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe7dae5c555---sotifigatilekotila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e226c6c87cda453c166ff1b6313977/52772027861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/75794484828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/8935151878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fce36e224015af10ea8ab7b19efd71c5/50420684954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/42017197449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d259ecc4cc---59692565471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7389c71b418704b4eb56725afba69921/tulepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vit-physio.de/file/vivobosagipavosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkkarsin.pl/img/upload/files/57382367887.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_off0000e3ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC00 19912 bytes
SHA-256: 842f14eb249c22b77af667f89d3a520b37b688a05a4f614dea515821361f4f07
font_02_sfnt_off00012eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECA 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 84200c688c64008555714cf73dd9144088e808edac0145d6b66c573f0a54d710

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