Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 908ba783ec5477bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:56:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d25fe2f93c26da147eadda8183f6e73d SHA-1: 222d1a2219e2ecbb0320fb225b3506b85b842949 SHA-256: 908ba783ec5477bf9bf9df64d4e9d2bb76ed2b4e39c53b6850834ac333999538
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/koropisosukakaropa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a21fa55da---99827401507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/rutolafenevesazofulezejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076435c6092c---58873222310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbebf8c372a---7841374351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs67.com/clients/f/fd/fd50fd9748f3592dabdfdad26f378f15/File/59118175009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/48481044192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607137da022da---dafexufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/povilolepowopogigeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/67463998678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bcbe8f2bd---jafusida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenroots.org/clients/19739/File/bosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44b0aa05d3---rikusuxawabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160994438bc497---1323295101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/89777676772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willismctyeire.com/clients/c/cd/cd1fd5262213d36872a77bd42df049b7/File/vosopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a073751cc3e---sezuterekiwolegepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3fa57401ba46bb289ee2c342a64a6d/vibaximidimeketilotuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwessex.com/uploads/files/85916927486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6574a1aeb8e2220d2c277e86b0f15f11/97305834130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duz-drustvo.si/uporabnik/file/89234327144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cfd5995acd765f140af9bb8d5249402/mubuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/72664281088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/gutofenalagawowenuwelureb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45495753533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=adjetivos+posesivos+en+ingles+ejercicios+para+ni%C3%B1os+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_off0000b73f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB73F 14664 bytes
SHA-256: a351dfff68292f953816396c83843a43f440aedd371a09a725801edfbc9c5f45
font_01_sfnt_off0000dae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE3 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 2425d2d2ea15972e5d94672f9f95f2905b36640bcbf266b41741076dfcf8aa39
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1