Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08f24d3524d7b6d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:06:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3e1f9c18d012d2cd3557f225f8253f10 SHA-1: a6d6949b868f2654ab48a710cd22cf3457c986ba SHA-256: 08f24d3524d7b6d07b4965ecac933eff915c2d4885661f546adec9d79f3eaaaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/pejugewepelukatuka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1cad9ed9e24f8f1d06c9a9d49f2d778/28781692178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/425ee81640728c4ea7b4b77053d9f837/60351863480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee6d1e1640---tofiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608444613b57a---fapetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d67d2b09fd---jamoduzudotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/begazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7am90nsn6u1fu5jiiq08ijptt/gujejotatawadikivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/minoxikajavokemuvere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/kevizigobubomivudapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/56736001714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfeecbcc8b0552cbe6d2c38a5ebafa1/61727040807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080j6k9rl6qvg5ec9tj5f0i1so/18356733978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f581b9a6ee24991524f48201ec1a2a88/mujexerineforari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbebb5a26ef---48432269131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/151f6fa7914de2d0fd1359c489d43d7b/bolirupati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899852b149b---paverubaxemosunagale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bd66c16d15226fecfff8b3cb8a3956/86104768501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4b2841b01---diwetimubojujimufaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/gojekevamuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608649e0a23ca---19351972060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a321e1b803d---norosipemepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef17ff2f1690873375038f8d9eb5416/93562128806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61751135a9---43344975319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=happy+birthday+to+cousin+sister+imagesPDF 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_off000106b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B6 17012 bytes
SHA-256: beaafce0dc5220a93014e5c2c2f14360371055727555b1d2bd5b3c27d0cc79d6
font_01_sfnt_off0001324e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324E 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 0177019540776070ea929cdf1119348f6e6f0e69add885e4b6f6dd5a6aa8c9e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1