Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508ab7ff857ab52b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0c4dc85839f500343e5f4ab66ef5345e SHA-1: 5f4b1018a8d15aebe519935afde008d0ef842d71 SHA-256: 508ab7ff857ab52b47a19351c57693a4a467a74f6eb64941ece7628b624e1a82
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and the presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads. These links likely lead to further malicious content or exploits, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging it as malicious. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains no readable text, reinforcing its role as a deceptive container for malicious links.

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 http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d1d2b1a96e---piwaxisobuwoporatuxibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92ec4a479a---wexuwovederabido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210826015521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c8c1959f7---kotezonepebovitowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/13235464234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2903939504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b63btcbpg9sunpf8c2rim6iprv/12753447060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukobasaremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4dfd7bf84---15446344693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848832efb9c---3665992397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topaldanang.com/uploads/image/files/90600161118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/85677202773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/mivazinodonojuraxoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/68636762523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/82071382363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityfirstservices.pro/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/zewebipuxelozobepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/kukorutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7ut71j2ljifm90c5mh3fjope7/94770036217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/wikukerizewelukawageba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mmemqij6m2es01r8vtqhhtca6/86030896528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210604203746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/bukesuzosuvimujikitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64063108809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richwoods1969.com/clients/861079/File/16478256192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609482aeeef25---4867827469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=2500+calorie+meal+plan+for+weight+gain+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_off0000b3c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3C1 11264 bytes
SHA-256: d710d6330376f9dbf18163ed4210ab57d5eb27759be320140db51d431b93e002
font_01_sfnt_off0000cde3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE3 14032 bytes
SHA-256: d96620e782b16f646754cd4fad03455a6ac2748f68ecb8a7d6c0b669c3a6ac86
font_02_sfnt_off0000f085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF085 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1