Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8d0737032adc0a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e6b629b96e18c607a573555917d3a911 SHA-1: bda30aeb4db81d79dd244687ffa3a189035fe39d SHA-256: b8d0737032adc0a7bff58c3ccd1926055822834bac90e645b529fdaf52ce0558
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates the document employs social engineering tactics to prompt user interaction, likely to execute a malicious payload. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608155f792f21---87976434091.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/34412634688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e340b7a0d2---49144585604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/60286160418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/vuvakivapuxejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24cb7e8330---vipivisasisokanixamozuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/dafefidozakomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6e36d427dd2d61d599c835fcfe7fa99/44281386295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b2d166a0c---goguriluzeleviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/fezeduwekisupapeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3id1gemtq18akn458s4gcreji6/polofemuduval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a2187202089527d652d0ab1b46f05f/wexiziranukotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/pimosoxosevinugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/fedidobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubotupajamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96e22c7b5---waxijonebemovapuvifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/80097597489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fb5578c1b155dbd8d4bc8cc2d67d7d0/69246385840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc5c8209d---rexavefokivoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/mivexekadaxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/fogekeneninezemoweguzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8c3a957a1---weropidawarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/kunetavajexarisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99393908074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714ed722992---54549867090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=virtualbox+boot+from+usbPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB2 29132 bytes
SHA-256: 9e701b9cfcc1b4a29ea4c27735f93a7196c95604d79588283c25b8b186273793
font_01_sfnt_off000126a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A7 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 7a73eb2272b021c98955b7e06a978cb0610b4aa6f3f9644fce897a1a80097566
font_02_sfnt_off00013e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E6F 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 0f3480c33c9e7e9d0464876663067d305d20f4828c87db34595d4e9591b76f90
font_03_sfnt_off000154ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1