Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 808a362bf353e44c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:53:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 60bad6b54150822949ae8c7782c66ee3 SHA-1: cbed9014c7e906b192b94801798cc12f9187a6e1 SHA-256: 808a362bf353e44cb220c79112872e2e01d6c96eb2d04d9f8325af31fc33ad2d
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 WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its use in malicious campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/20060662605.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e38726da8d---37130826856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f691dd9aaf---51126010666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/pukekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737a77236d2---30235457617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/xarufekanopanizowusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608395b942a05---denejazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8460b4b6e69bb5d5203081027787ac3/mimiwuguxipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce637462573e6daa801b024f22efa05/kalawogexolixavoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ac25b2eb3---vikabamevuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/file/71190540131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/19537987515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ee57e318---94834526797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69239c25a6---26657472752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47198600223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/jebezenuzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebd2b2211e---31631537963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesuborafaxefivibulera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f44ebd3c7---24244895407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/926c754ea366fe085ca4f2b1292769e8/xudedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c130152b8df---51658533524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/masogino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba193a15ede---30916403262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/26589334867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/73703152560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=math+binomial+theorem+solution+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_off0000d407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD407 18176 bytes
SHA-256: 9a100294b52c646efa703b515a0b04e04a62d30e007350c41d244064ddab7615
font_01_sfnt_off00010390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10390 10996 bytes
SHA-256: cbe42caa934933cb9329ed9adb714df5e0706d288a2b34ae8e58f2eb81013af0
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1