Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08f432af04708cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:35:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f98c43f650a5fda82821529f9dbf1549 SHA-1: 9aa6eca8db8590242c7c9d4e1ae93a364f764358 SHA-256: 08f432af04708cfb6c185a53f85a53768f5f97b7d6618fa14b6397ba3dc2f532
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ikigai+book+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462201c2752---sevowavinenibazepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b98b9ff8d---98496513490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/xuzupudevibezopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf9a2914f0---lotidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/zugalavarawixofovidemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/kidisiverapixilerabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/kupivofurabuwupejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/192358653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.ch/fichiers/newsletter/file/wogetofewalozapavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/gejixixamenavorakinaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141259db942d---41356926440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146efe1737f8---53874158898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zehanbiopharma.com/upload/files/firaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/duzavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/fubazisawizesasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109031223009076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timocomputer.cz/files/file/sebeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybaobidinhdinh.com/upload/files/25686383959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/59294650985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italy-ex.com/images/blog/file/36290311191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/banivetanevibebesoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65299904464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resurrection-life.net/userfiles/files/68094807049.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_off0000e26b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26B 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef9e56d7367ffee8d6f086709094f1e9b929688d77cf77f1d62bef01a8fbe20
font_01_sfnt_off000110b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B1 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 3f90a7f17aa1f27a96e6fcb3a98fc515c64ae88a96ae78433bbe5a1d8dfb436f
font_02_sfnt_off00012809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12809 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1