Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a08a843b3520e221…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:36:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5f032136cf3b7a54d883b401eff4e04e SHA-1: 14e55ec9ea3f104f698f2f40ae3729ef39ca0772 SHA-256: a08a843b3520e2210678082e0e4c5d3c7a0d65084730bb0ed4d21070594c0b0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, likely intended to host further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest an attempt to lure users into clicking malicious links, consistent with a phishing attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/228804e35887600d066d431debe11668/37130759428.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/meruwefibogixesibevarikak.pdf
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/firelumekaxupizesiriru.pdf
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/33037541287.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e229ad913a931583cbb24e35d839f555/rojavevanokenuzalewuvo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vclhp7qpgkojml3cre1ecp8397/98819965306.pdf
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/besamavokap.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826535d7cc8---69846264069.pdf
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609644648a433---28265579021.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7prhk95squ0fn6o7vth5p4je52/51426347810.pdf
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/tivetasojirajepalojim.pdf
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/suwononifokisixija.pdf
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn8hkkckfv5pc9b2sqcrrha90u/xekulimute.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21478b0132fb4047ffc6330ef1a7d3ff/jijutaxetewosozevanoko.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82efa5c6b1c7f371c2989c0a69b6103c/momasi.pdf
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/76548458053.pdf
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/mupijojamezuxifesu.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/97221856315.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea74919f0147949f294ddeaf36502669/videzumesupufojez.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5a1e07733---xofodazekanoji.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5af0cccbd7---lagalarufevitudepux.pdf
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bo0ubrkpsevtkqnqudbp7sp7kg/32886750500.pdf
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/tumewojadiz.pdf
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207fb2e397b8ff6a181f0a3a289581fa/21469751778.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+were+the+fashion+trends+in+the+1960s
    • 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_off0000c3d3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbea.bin
6c2e12c445e581bd89607976ca26373e4c753d74df6330d9fe76ff9ddc36824f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEA 10992 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f577.bin
f1126c039d5af6ee6069f756f06f0b941ba1d9ea107d4b31cd08b306d056b737
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF577 16616 bytes