Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 260b3033c0d09b7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 17:24:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b7167519623a9ecb8248ef7850448df4 SHA-1: 64948360a1af368c0ce600f2def5479681ce017b SHA-256: 260b3033c0d09b7a8abcbd7cfb856d96bcb4f299711dc2077f82f81bcf0581b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. This indicates the file is designed to act as a lure, redirecting users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 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 http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/5162791020.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4e990a0db---zexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/sonepuleragewiwumajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b81193b64b---rotatetulukevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cbc628745ace1ac68c9b41574a0955/59788788318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2860790034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb42a404a90d5d5bbd2c20997a0f52d5/97533032904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750e12da1bf---78421790309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0dbo22441f4mi370ck62ki9j1/89559839069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4de650976a27068e7b2850a5dd872bfc/nidura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uomabakulocg7b3cpibqs90g27/teluwixidedorosuboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/gikunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa0d3001cb---14539735324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/83157531506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsportedinburgh.org/userfiles/files/23164585143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/5312038004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/13269944633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b7fe8f63f---wufezurega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/60893775017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/bogazexutamixulekiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/82683465265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/59965931538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+salary+lawyerPDF 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_off0000ddc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D9 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 163042a64af516bc3f904c7bebf718ab88aef4c3acd03e21c251dedca51a993f
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC9 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 275193ce7b6dba9a5a27a6772f6fc68e98ffea890fa256fafdc896fe543fe701