Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 908ef64c48e3cfa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 19:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d476e3d75888141dd980d5991610b826 SHA-1: 3b7a0ec5f6b7f717d385583a210290a15d74d462 SHA-256: 908ef64c48e3cfa86271389c5d8a29c5f2b839254d6800c09dcbc494926bb5c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests a malicious intent to host or distribute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74e1a8efa3e7eb1bbb7eeaa59ded9b2/luxovurawifed.pdf
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b70q581phc8amc8eb2v69psnrd/vujujunipifotug.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4551ab6d2e---7321909545.pdf
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f29c84b9a3---43627965766.pdf
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/67224841185.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c65a37c091---mefobovipemafojujezapunul.pdf
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ceeeb2da3fb5722a4cf43fe190293f7/runazewedu.pdf
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/3060268622.pdf
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/46829431794.pdf
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/14641008262.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071283148924---bajulogujatuko.pdf
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/93899239497.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086633f0b8fa---kedavuxalem.pdf
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/94636590502.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59d568ae8---zivejobap.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj7h710hgeqpa4k4ug9ronr046/dopijojavoberunukudiboj.pdf
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finisiwedo.pdf
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cabb1f3a4---dilabeluwun.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjeur95fhvbpnein2j3folcjhl/34773473196.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/fupiwori.pdf
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/63049707909.pdf
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/93582271066.pdf
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/merizolusazateverarivexe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=phila+inquirer+today
    • 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://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d71c.bin
d689c6cba92eff8b7a079bbf51bd9831fdf750e4181a562d31b2f949e0093d12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71C 16908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001037a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b91.bin
fcd9bd3f1c37fbe2a6869b93e890c2a3a975b43644b55970398d1352d66ccd97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B91 10540 bytes