Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b608035cc121ba98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-31 17:44:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a0e0865db93bb4277b035a770c953daa SHA-1: 61fef16a368a2666267bac1215a9a6923d74f27b SHA-256: b608035cc121ba986209298236d5fbf2d91405e793b36dc0efcf230954099a04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/vavixakub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb6440e4e1---nefijusopafolelevavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4ef6949d526dabf07481a79fd43b18/susiralujowedemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prociweb.hu/sites/files/file/94142289568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/paxemokafenavukewoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/16924731059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/63838283191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210816_100030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///36745799810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890bafc04e2---savejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90143886935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082685bb5838---lonewiruwiwabejovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72fc97699e---xinulijotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/57123927561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km1jql1d6sclhdfkqeun73ejdh/nafafuxixogafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/12066986763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/biwiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/divcnh6rjissnbn3hhjjjkh94c/92872591998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88df8cbcce4e61d5e818bcab1522ccc/69832281130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/571fe8d5e4b73c729689972230e638cc/87096924174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6ab5d7ed40b59d8ce609fba7d1121a/zasilavurabewivajixitezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/toxiravixavumofevoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/fojafasivupijisaragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcb65ca0a26321fc9257694bb891d0a/retakuwikoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+intrudingPDF 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_off0000d9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D4 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 66b63d12b59f828c1deb204c04a10c1df12d1c95893e3f2fccb2c4e55a6677de
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BF 21752 bytes
SHA-256: 6706bd5d5d57ba5f0dd0c241ba457162c459e49fa934ea451c33eb4faceb5849
font_02_sfnt_off00012994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12994 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1