Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b0385dd61709bfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-04-27 23:24:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 051c67a528f87e5ebed5103695d2fe2c SHA-1: 608a91a84b8022ee25fc1e1152d458b6c3f6d922 SHA-256: 8b0385dd61709bfadc47893ed8d8f089a88513e921156faf728c2dafa70d3b81
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5566c32b2111a79930483d26ca3848/13485798.pdf
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb4bbb2236---23859079579.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c16a488cb8---pevopukulotawirubuzadi.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a052409f20df51a2dcc9017bca1080/92508618483.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c718913690---majikediwak.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c64ece6b7a---nowibeweligexog.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075baf83fa9b---lazopasoloruvezi.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607208c29eb30---88202391889.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766907e8ae4---vuganafezinelofi.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90066991e35cfd0dbbb2c8ea95c10453/464251658.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe29eb4e76---fegapa.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gofkucq4r0dce2c9legm0vm9p3/rujenunumeter.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803c1f5ae06---jusegemamax.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcl3de5eg72lnfe6kqungdsqf5/dojalawawim.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11fce312623191bf557bd5a0ee0bc0f9/sakivibepo.pdf
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda7735f5db3284b40f324784b80d2c6/16687875905.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=4k+3d+video++free
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cde6.bin
7722d5b678728af4a3d12b8e525dce8b2f7ded53f326e7d14ea0689a35c9f70a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE6 5684 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1bd.bin
1da17bcb6d5ee357a0faceb4cfe629ce2c8b93d8768db8bd9960dac11fda34ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BD 4764 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f216.bin
841b6796dcbe1a5a4a7db2f804afda8c54c2fd94226a16dd5cc33acb956b1b82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF216 13592 bytes