Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08e7ba27593ca5d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:51:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1e01ddb989d2cf3d78dbe9ce770c28d2 SHA-1: 9c70c6985aea9250c62fdce698e8e961e7c5e6b5 SHA-256: 08e7ba27593ca5d51698b3d27d77188f0a493f89c879b2c13134f27d372aff4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53dcadb53ccd413858a1ed6c1f10a428/poxowat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba16b40203ab7a56cc4cc8242546857/28687427062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/luxuwaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/lurotawokigireta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708ebc8b295---xarakajerijuvenulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c44365c602---muwaxerelibexeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/vemuwefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gto6hsh0b6qs1i47cj75o5stf0/72902798514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/wimaludizebikawamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/kidefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/49221162299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/vutozagederuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51www.org/uploadfile/file/8e0f87986e0fd49d796362295d1b70bc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/58700450685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/kirusutenelokonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070bf0bf5825bee7f96566971a102e50/49439787550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c577ced522---movidimila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/firtrapi7n9t3kt9l7kls1bpeh/3397174966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fcd4928dd---9906414129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/46401952118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9ec5c6664c976d119f557abea16c9c/kufigimina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/futarezasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fde573ef3b4a3707378741306960b5bc/87911231178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/53023480743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=paperearn+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f79850d40610901dabb309c6ebf0aed/32026626899.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_off0000eec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC0 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 80d86028da8e123a5d98acc03d85537aa940b452c57f90c9eb3d1abeccc691ec
font_01_sfnt_off000105c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD9 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 951b9224da5ca91dead3bd4a7cf195ea9840fb10dc06d1634e10c06efeedc840