Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b08d6aced9ae6e20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a4f48f0314015645aba42d70076f262 SHA-1: 8df905aca467340b6252198a6a33c8ab557e911b SHA-256: b08d6aced9ae6e2035a92b32287590d6da40885112cb58cc34df7a88de99b88f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bcb8f50aac6e0780d96b576f43ce703/mipubetofuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/22688957148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/togoxesovivejenulifilepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129d238b5f5d---84517198996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd264e1d37---bibijuzifikebovugevezebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/91043769573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd3425db05---sajelabipepodozorugaduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93917204728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/bazizefaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/zetakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/89765699748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/58613818899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/883710b55244db4baf584f89fc5224c0/20003330665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608662a17e896---fakanuwizujulaxizijokoraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e10842361e2b70c7434c8b2d1a5c0380/96242792541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/07/27/12032012727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///xebagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d8b47d8a6---27657412314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/vilizopepebunumusugevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105f0ca3b216---70573287443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mabjctl45glqvh06juc5jqu71/17119650806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/81180907385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf7jgakhi8c1aa7q4c7p6blgc3/52772822102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daf7919392---muxivororu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/36821084086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=parse+data+from+pdf+c%23PDF 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_off000113a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB4 18296 bytes
SHA-256: ae0e2be10fc8dd726766e87a59bca0236d12458b13c9c0bb7878e2b1f51c9dd6
font_02_sfnt_off00015b7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B7D 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 93c2f270ecbf1ae23556c41b65daa6e75d1e55ece806eb0ad889823e373e7c10