Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08c4473eeaa1c89c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d333e017b89f36e4971eb55c4bf2ec58 SHA-1: e5ba4470109392de689046e5bd62c2b4d563fcf1 SHA-256: 08c4473eeaa1c89cae85d84b727f9290439338732089c885b693353bb87bce47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it functions as a link farm to lure victims to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=if+you+have+a+bench+warrant+is+your+license+suspended PDF link annotation
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/tomozazegivawafezakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamthong-marchph.com/piceditor/file/78819056485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5615ca328926d038b95025f506b4aa9/zukekujavuputorazogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099271755aed---70752735283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75357f625fae9aafed54ea06a0b05205/86329019626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/verum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7ed2c2ea7---femex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1959blackshirts.com/clients/866684/File/janarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5dfcba419---99839154037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0098e4d0cb---32464565253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c9589ecbe---dabetigumavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/porowomuxebineligone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e9f02e1c1---tasidurezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peq4c94758f35354dioef96nv0/29755690614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a871add08a7---29278533833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41034ca41---28169387275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbf645556a---66122941255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d697f2c917c1676cc52ede50d1a1d2c5/xumusexepakoroguxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ma1busm8dlnlg0o3j2l48np2h/28373469882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/zitiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae00o9fubtkmq4fb5itm23gkql/nodiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18860f9846f12b1be28a2b7eddb3b33d/zaxonefamavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/44585645712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssf3pe7s3pg62kb09j6vjivhqc/berozigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/pupodepupizusiponamedul.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_off0001066a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066A 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 2cb271ac123d85ac95ededc285bdb6eaedecaaac7deaeaa94732b7fe5569f3ad
font_01_sfnt_off0001205b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001386d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1386D 18716 bytes
SHA-256: d6bb4351edd80dc70ca8bc17c64584aa7b06fb35348319f7a9c653fc0294a23e