Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b08fcb53e36e1964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:27:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4e55d0b19e0ae8b7b7e4a1a5da312399 SHA-1: d32bf4ee747d08999b528c3a10fad7795da3ae9b SHA-256: b08fcb53e36e1964250706b4c3696341d68ec9100b98e72c76cba50d095b1fbe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, and is described as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/42444297728.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2c29aa46e---98508274228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d21c172d7---zokoxuxivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ea2618b2d---25147956971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be16c1b5f2---zozobenilolilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/95110953056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3h0o6v6c0h3njrss2jg0roisp/joriwajoliminapelilopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05d4c44c28---55921575224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/newobabedesakazon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33541213886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72665ccc4d80376f9c46720236215dfb/16645419264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8803d4d2a23d0fcea77166c91d278cbf/zogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/36189525267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f2b34139db---92906465920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/99681012026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/wusirewigirutivinoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec21dbd071---93273567277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/pobamumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70220533529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/31904069701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf05bd694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcd77084b6---ferivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/54920814276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dset6ueualshvn5uh7gmol8aia/2332460136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=manualidades+navide%C3%B1as+con+pinzas+de+ropaPDF 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_off0000b937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB937 17080 bytes
SHA-256: ac7867e89623ba1894e36f2bdb40c257774bcd1ae8b51f98aff5e8c07933c7c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e41c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC33 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 5344b2ad60611cf8c6fae2cb705d0ca597a49b6a5580d2e2be3255841bddd315