Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b7dec6d859231e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:11:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8202d6b05ffbfe4bfcf3d00f7d879490 SHA-1: 1272696d9a217db49044844b67a97d02d087e527 SHA-256: 0b7dec6d859231e6c35bb910424f0ca5550cbcf95dae834f8331134866c8f820
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and the presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The document's structure and the high ML classifier score indicate a malicious intent to deceive users into clicking these links, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/felaxudajeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/23694616458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/28646565964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832b09c784e691973a0376557592b413/72952783093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/20584462557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fedcadf44b---12847040989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/51806864692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40baa40d9abbc1f6bca331d9e4f9af7a/58179419686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd3b2c8305e---dokivugivolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3beae1b81ca08a3cd2036b59a414d59a/gavawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/salemuduvewavovadajokizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/86950224112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzusorise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/40591171982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/18009011869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/92718581659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/56802882224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/bumomiviludame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd830d8985571e678bbdccd7be318c0/32199411230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/mafekimajesinosirased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5l71l9rb0qg4no264gtcjrol8/kajegulenamirupifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escalierdurire.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62701987922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/vuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topspeed4wd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85131943219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d43ea0adbd---52776607836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pharmaceutical+mathematics+%26+biostatistics+pdfPDF 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_off0000b439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB439 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 931c3398e725794d48848fb132c59c9e4328fca6c56de70ad50a3db39fe27ffb
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BE 14116 bytes
SHA-256: 442e72dc0788ea35f18451b4697a09f78dd220193eba3f8f9e3d22f2d6b22454