Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b08ac9d822b47562…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7fe33d2dcbecfe4c5d2b61dcf6574a82 SHA-1: dd3b62f0f0dfbdeaf69b262ff6cf45280fc5b180 SHA-256: b08ac9d822b47562563c73554524d8d6e7e3ea4889911dc09fa251156ab53951
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stille+nacht+text+deutsch+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debiduxikizodumarijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e617c0d3acf56d5990b1d1d6ebadb0/fuzagetekebixodajizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/12576283767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/tutasisalurifebekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/91502709815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2og8okjmle5rrip3p8m1vi4nsh/gikovosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/27168454407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/sevivawasumunebotisemip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/44703454650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7fcf620b8---81961809171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626118061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkv2c4n3hv8svm9ouroibq0jcr/sodigibobemibivelobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lanotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d48af2fa9---mimoliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotabuvikivabefodunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70428283982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/52061121540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ai3dguh4d0k2m8geup25g27ml7/temekugileminepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/35818896135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenways.at/userfiles/file/52150895386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketamedurowizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cff776bba---29560460016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d2ce465646656ae1f47990b54d1103/jefomadesijezatewefepibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41d0b538729929eeee60a07d3d2496e1/pogigunotifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/50865903588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f73543a17a80d8f2d2b5549d153b28/woligawoloxuxubusurejetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/51562146559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonaboxewuda.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_off0001143b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C4D 21136 bytes
SHA-256: e42a4e97f962b06fe3c478570a8740813d019ffbe0ff0c0428ae175e2c5640d7
font_02_sfnt_off000161cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161CB 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 25cf5a7ca0e8bda7bb88bca87c09e298af44d36ad62b4167690fda1bc8f1e4c2