Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08f4983b6fbc1ebf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:31:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c72f9bbfd0f35ab673bd8c5541717003 SHA-1: f0ac0d2dfb6e8eaf40ca1a07bed3094d473fe712 SHA-256: 08f4983b6fbc1ebfe5a36e478be3e359634858f07bb2dfd596dee6fbec681804
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=weak+base+and+strong+acid+titration PDF link annotation
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/3921044593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc063449a5---lugazajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d0d00aa75---58931799065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/46368512102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webfox.net.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44a9a4f9d2e75e1c644dbd5000fb63a3/93188095216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqsagicukmep6drdic6je1h305/kapafufifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a337de1ef3e---59465372864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc46750c55---63819938798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55260e05aa0923b071d7195979042124/balileziliwupibabijurako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/29740753087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/saruwada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/68533661652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhb9fbc9qpm7hbo27aq1un88fn/97058773740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6jl7v40n1sggpregkuv7kunp4/rapasarujadedoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93884c8e6000adbe044e55f465e3e595/12488101828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/bopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bb8c0a65d---2927143789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/28407126514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dab7579a83---64192782759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/93742613098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085800f71138---68524345454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407d4b028a72c9de489cc3a0369136d5/16398436109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/51069944046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/barudajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/timugipofowafexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cb6b34b0d---82798389222.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_off0000e82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82D 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 48fa4970b4627eb8dc48ac1e5a73b3dabd01e7185fb621b95d4c42708d3a5362
font_01_sfnt_off000100c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C6 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 494fa719f6eb3fe99c0c1dbfa1e8facfad8b9dbae3af1062dd944ee4b027df87
font_02_sfnt_off00012c42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1