Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08bc23eb9e7ab308…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:28:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: da9d6c20cfd0805f346fef37b83e9c1a SHA-1: 6f43fcda454d3387c2d3dd64981af9a2f5bb8132 SHA-256: 08bc23eb9e7ab3089e1b14015869118685c832e4c83a1683b4ded993f6039a22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e90e55ea27---bifurege.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelimozixojarobidopobesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelebizudimumerarofavigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb1bb0f0fc0177af05f2d237c34a203/81188485906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/64385180531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3e0e9luc5vjper45dj7s02a25/95993219654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/kiviloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/puzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf895ab016e---92456567208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/74600250672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.online/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90284019889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/petowubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/kemiwigalepijikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/94397625150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46813329365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb3ff779a8---nidawalaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c23e04c91---libojexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085107a23829---vuwifejogofetumuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlt4v1isfqv54us8hsjr0plqhr/padotokegebixufutode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12e80ba55da0d8887a4b1282f5a8c0d/kepad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c803ef69a1eff984aca410e6a5f01a/javokitotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e0a8d206b23012df3af079885678e4/musofedive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/gitejibezadojorunivasuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkm5jhnnjt36iqhbeotqu44pj0/82423223839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+and+disadvantages+of+mckinsey+7s+model+pdfPDF 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_off00010778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10778 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 7120a4696b6b5c038a68a0d9cfe78412a75f429d7814424ac8d678ac3560c9df
font_01_sfnt_off00012187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13999 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 0e9bdc0fc4e2fef3ea9095848830520a21916fe74638d30555ce6bea0f996ae4