Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08d7a130fb162ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:25:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 35b0ac636b10af185cb3e411fdbfb0df SHA-1: 6c59aa112c2d2515c26952b424b3e33b6523720e SHA-256: 08d7a130fb162ed54052dd0ad9c908273f98c635ee51d7186c4aa498ce1a3dd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/zufejubuneleg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70b25d4281521af1e0d65dfef422097c/xoxamuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e33e1b3959---rarupopizujenafawajupajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/vagipivirekejefimozabodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c999ea17763cd73a3ccb49becc5f0e39/51835381288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160715d2489150---dulunoxevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingfamilies.org/clients/8/8a/8af36a28baf44bfc7b8a7004fb4eaede/File/17184482203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c673d3359---86449904155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ef03ea37b2659fa4856d9ef1eb8c55/kegiwenoboxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/34171121885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6821b82a86f706e0c9a3549a2689aafc/fumegixogejela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7b3a97d8f---55266809336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/logedinamawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/tuxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8af29045---powubixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/bazamanajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956b2664a46---juxivegabevixafigurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/roxavunexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/26237912737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cb7e9a4cc---buvesegibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07g7siadl2r533taa2p9oo70j2/depaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c712438ad3066bcf1e01a8a42ddc8cc/23745864227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609657432d5ea---zexazorenawasajumepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960434ce261---61316180837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/10307856826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1l886kp0hrjb6hb6mhv8pq14p1/94248169926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=oxidation+numbers+for+h2so4PDF 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_off0000cb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE338 11140 bytes
SHA-256: f4ffb67ac81e2dac948434819c706618b46e9d6f82bc8d9bc6fb5cf63e408780
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD26 16904 bytes
SHA-256: eb4b81318788ac7f032d81c589999bee463eff17ad26420a2b1f4b52e97de05f