Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10b708a39fb12e2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:33:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a17c2067a28de7274a1f2b15c4ee9952 SHA-1: 2eb63b1586f9ce235b2b7d63214e892eb3ec4851 SHA-256: 10b708a39fb12e2b3194f7540b74c39e7db098012b1b703987c1d6d919681baa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. These links redirect to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a distribution point for malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 69 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cryptarithmetic+addition+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba242c7ae6---nurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/1624385530675729941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/jikalodibumoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc979693a0---kizegabimogomafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qqr863rb6sdn9b3hu4254vbu2/raluzekejotigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a495d29acf8---85721149560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/vijilidalafulebavidukulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/55985229621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/81483252489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/zonaxokijenedozafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ba8b0ec9a---bimonakefiminegexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/26085061719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/49442251094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/68218021414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a78b11844c1706cb130e5168fda646b/ludupuxizubupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7907595bf5---xupizejejakajuresarewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/zixasarakufamibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg94u6d838m003to9upgsj6i56/46805945744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multi-accueil.fr/ressource/site-image/files/9275353897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e28edd4680136edf08cc2d4cbe2739d/mofawiraxefomopadogitida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46729675360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a331a74c703---63256380262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976a1877fe8---sivudisolapomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/mumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitexowirorupajes.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_off0000b29f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB29F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB6 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 42cb069a197346a2ccb45f61ce6ae677cf85e6555e5830c7f7914da92af2d0ea
font_02_sfnt_off0000e50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50B 14164 bytes
SHA-256: b6fb2986510af51ad035ad7423aab0df245c1115ea1bd7ebd130d57cf0e7277c