Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b08b401b8560af31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 02:37:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 221f82455d4872577bb8cf8a11a07044 SHA-1: a5278de67103e8ef17021bb416cedf6dd73c6fe4 SHA-256: b08b401b8560af31269c0121c1d0df944400628799d036d5828d3a72f6bf47ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point to a common tactic of redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/lazenumakobatitakula.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/gibidudokixarurufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/dumajoponejedaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queenart.kr/userData/board/file/pisoxiduvedarodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/newidojofezukeradilafusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e56ab3a9ee---10724382369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wirenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/rukaxojidezunegoxekezida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumofipasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celeb.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/risidepizefisipawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/71056889714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/36922693647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef3bbde753---99189630103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdental.hu/editor_up/65974279402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142406a65501---zuleseduzetuvovimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/64384407658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210904064643090731tnosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/95652213431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/fatujuzobozepezemudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4e5330e16fdd1b82fe335cf1759f4d0/1423944743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vas-vill.hu/userfiles/file/mokifodati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/kufojalumare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10105186492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/zirarupuwojimovisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korio-olsztyn.pl/userfiles/file/nujogujubagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=dazz+cam+android+apkPDF 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_off0000b522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB522 16732 bytes
SHA-256: dcedf98ab24974313d413774b6ac3db33f24e6d9ba9056c03304e22239a39001
font_01_sfnt_off0000dffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFA 10384 bytes
SHA-256: fa39dba04e5a7a0f569d5703ec9d9228ce7ecf6b514f9e9d1abf58fa356e2697
font_02_sfnt_off0000f76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1