Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 608fa9e504e040c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 03:12:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fe821e1cd2e6005a1bc589beb752d8c9 SHA-1: 1e710dc9ddaba10f95a227cae806e3a64d289172 SHA-256: 608fa9e504e040c5bc0d7c49bfde20babfb78914aa315be1c53ed89b9dbece02
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and a high number of links per host further supports the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0437824563---rorebene.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/zuxewuvijebimodibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858955c5de0---dupipetazubijipuwinara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/wemekedovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aede6a762dc04b963173ab79ddba38a5/dezubegamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787cc6b2638b8fda7c0ac5f4924bc71f/bipikilubazofabakewogiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///36140511727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8uva0o7clsucbqdmk6vfi54tu/69545261297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de7a88a903a---vulixakegejorimotenoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/31564859356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d454d2c6fec02ddf0fc1469c9f35c36f/15596537417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/39478545866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6c22654cc---rexupulorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d9480da0---moxumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamer.org/userfiles/file/86229778445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ec2db66d9---84066412905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepeg.by/UserFiles/files/vewidedipokizurefuvebabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/kawepakijonotodoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/68438369754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/pidofanejaxotogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c908d1e1f2d6c8152b3c06270f7933/tigunumawunuwivunepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/72676174376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/nasirakedowujuwidute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sage+of+six+paths+and+tailed+beastsPDF 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_off0000ec7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10491 19784 bytes
SHA-256: e7c58953f9a5106d48db3a2e8a211a5b445ba11a198361393c66f04370d3252e
font_02_sfnt_off00013858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13858 10996 bytes
SHA-256: bab0c3c4ac630fb2e11330e5308440707330fe2af06d2713704738e38d30a9ae