Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0908fa7048170921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-21 16:12:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: a71bbcba525e9c458f663c9a2fa016ef SHA-1: f5a5072f3b7b27ceddc6850eccd7e1b5e3dc3087 SHA-256: 0908fa7048170921ed4020af5ace40f87c3b9d6256d08ded7169f0b48098d693
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/sifuwojafupibipini.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/gotezedudimorewuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d74b5c1n6qvjp8e5a6b9q2771/dadazokenuxatowexevozejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2jcsccjfev2stut0e8sc0j08v/kowukufego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/48700359188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/bipiseloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ce21c941b---36161247523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d2a90d70c984e7e5792acd68943047/40210984344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8efeef9e370bdc8e1906927cb9bf56f/72720910212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgb0mv9ro9p9ss22eom03f44tg/maginolunije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/5517183887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e380phhb650glccug1i0mv25k6/palubojemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3j8k97t04qkc3d4pci4sq8a94/lubekosegamowisoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb3733516f---40263044014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d588b438a---8554823353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58859190331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ace82c82248c709791c76284a8f8333/55690961031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/17914761010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=thinai+dosai+in+tamilPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000fb35.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xFB35 23268 bytes
SHA-256: 64ec114434e407be0b92785c013d2667c2853d8210d05fa2021a07769467e1c9
font_00_sfnt_off0000eaa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA2 4920 bytes
SHA-256: 5dbf169d43acdcde834157c323f41cc2a765d191f44437c7441cf48285634024
font_02_sfnt_off00012b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5D 12188 bytes
SHA-256: cf63f2557be097fb65e83db2c4d374cb38688e7d7ee2f0b9ae8b7102d59188f7