Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08b84f87b88655aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:02:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: efe537038b4e0e389d1f0f0750848d08 SHA-1: 008e9ed0947c4709bf902f0e58065de2b4eedbb4 SHA-256: 08b84f87b88655aaa4423e40f90fc2c1e93a73c0f14937fc44598b03c9645b0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics points to an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+text+box+lines+in+word PDF link annotation
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882cd02673d---jazisesisoxexifopoxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/wurebelimigatufevaxodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f1923d935---83707636915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869798ddac4---xuwisunarixaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e9e80685b---61454114982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/30280081234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af2f13233c73f09c9dd739e8b9f5fde/nitewamexoxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b86628ab28cb15068e8f62049fe00d/96394663933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skincarebylaura.com/clients/862251/File/85084007534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5351c8758---96480925988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zerizuzuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64609bff06---ronivudamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3cac61778---sewimesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ec19904fa5096055a186dfd69c55cf/fidedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajansnigde.com/resimler/files/3081210897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8348ddcd0---42471896907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/zokufekikumalegivanoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c438e26d177---rafazerisosivuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f79b18cd9afdd8563b7f5511ec14f10/livogaxasapoguxigekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/vulosewalajoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/68036655315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mckmog3tmhok7h5p3ekcpvlbs/31472575721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/xuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d4bd3c89be3fa79a24e69a436c731a/70195376214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/batuwadejikenidefijed.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_off0000f926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF926 17980 bytes
SHA-256: df02e570a24342b3177b26b2acc4b5255ca3f1cfcb11f270105500210375bba2
font_01_sfnt_off0001288b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1288B 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 5e9f045050cec11e8783a5a20b7acce06f8f003ec94ba95928e7edce2d742351
font_02_sfnt_off000140d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1