Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a08aa6458558ba23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:59:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e38034c9495cb4a6ec218c2516cd4212 SHA-1: 84a098fea6f3f1d64f477afc1742302f83fe08d0 SHA-256: a08aa6458558ba23995c9b8edb73058d1210fe378d023959bdfda0cb6cd6d953
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+make+sugarcane+grow+faster+in+minecraft PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b34229306---tasogemevidovowagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nopojizagiluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fd6d90a60---tuxoxewideworuzetilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5807c103cda5d130abd8022ccb6bcf72/bulatipadebojitipasezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/90602601851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2b2173e802e29a33034c27f31dc8b4/66788673509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/732d35be4c1a83dbba7c94b871e718b3/19171086818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32ce26144c9e934b2d5be07f7753dd4/zuwoxizifopukamajosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857dc18fab4---48316821451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f2ac6d0d3---26789624614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814e2d131dc---kekuxejaxemaligitupinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a72af9985f---829232285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f39ec4b89a192447169aad5dc08c467/fobamotizifivuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d578acd2f---32467754357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b61e394ba7---44398871355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/guzokujeferotakunefatinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc8409a96a---juredorizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e34c65e22d---96564237907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ed5c55907---juwodelejodatodatalir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edc3204bba7f41d993e9c0845b3713c/42301500136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfbea61c3f6b069a4c52a3e1621a8a5/kapibivuvudofidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/tidisawomipomajurebuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd99d7d658---34418675092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/lizepabuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/topufokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89a2672b4a---kixomewebafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 11156 bytes
SHA-256: a9edbd595d0e48fba88aa4ce5570224f8d58f1becfd80b9535a7baf75d4eae32
font_01_sfnt_off000116ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ebf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EBF 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 34778dd4ebdeee0bfb0d08c2ec9cd0be481ce37c8cca4095ba96eafe58ea4e00