Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08d66cb754bcb24a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 21:55:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: decc22a75fd4f94140251eb729b4bfca SHA-1: 04a127afcc03edd6af423117665e466d72e4b154 SHA-256: 08d66cb754bcb24a612032b074f2cd91d5d52bb67db73df01dbba0381183a960
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qtev0qjc53agd1lkks3aof4ga/97148449690.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b870550bc45c58a7dbce93ae0ded571/24631549708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d15a834141---20311448778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/62000184452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b15f5df0f---zigawutudegim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/75892017329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886965346a5---mowime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f1971aba09e384a7d4161a3f961e32/23819737039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eropsvv38e79m22edo6ij7gah0/72499576701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/93038621508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee55d5c86f---55151619795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a954af16dc4---29169341315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/joxulojitagufivaxebegiros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a022a3bb9ef---dereloxolejuronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/zerenunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/gusemikotafenewikosiwasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/35364762551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b81b63729---judewibovakibazedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/30900537624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32c2ead9380a502ce33b1d15fbdf83d9/81526030447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cd4c78f9d---luxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d7a46a5169---93690412125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8e7f67d58c805a7ab5996c5878a328/numaxirunoropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd3b1ef830---wadudupitutegemajirulete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459d645de6dbf9366a4dc731122cd242/similekavoluxadime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/81203743667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=organic+chemistry+1+final+exam+study+guide+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_off0000e94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94D 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 3131a2eca0ec15749a2766186d0651c1ca0ee18d75b3868f4c8c1aa4b773152b
font_01_sfnt_off000103bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BD 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 510f03811a54689b2337522db79fa16314a7d77e90374c7f975947c838d96ad8
font_02_sfnt_off0001302f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1302F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1