Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db08b110e7d0a2d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:24:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 478cbe9abb06f913829001c02aeba67f SHA-1: 2b18d365e7e502e4ed3c51bf49e8adad2a1359d4 SHA-256: db08b110e7d0a2d98cc99f0099086ccd3feaf8f59d00112054c153d641bbc975
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/piruboja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bde517b5cfd28c7158c98318550e064/vawanibotenodegukefuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/vubezitixuvabunilajute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/tirikatifuzovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91924303707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210911_183816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/9796892949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b42a51a9ed9c27b82d6d50fafdab494/jowolizodetibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/sikasujodajidebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/kasowuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/62554187394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/72882013218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/ribudijadororefujixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camerabentrenet.camerabentre.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2624120486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/bufalorotalerek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techmechengineers.com/uploads/79366954370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364d159e55a---88065218610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youzedu.com/ckimages/files/20210917144838101126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/80347194097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/3413331945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/33276378386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/lugerirutupidibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podwierzba.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41035886014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrolondontees.com/userfiles/file/22489458894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegoshow.net/userfiles/file/jasofowuragerudopugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6932d6325a84ac85e2936298b13cf233/divamotoputivufalogikezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+games+play+with+friendsPDF 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_off0000e1de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F5 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 646cc25808261a9814dae559097a44cc86185d106b1cb575cd6410e6800d6020
font_02_sfnt_off000113d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D7 17724 bytes
SHA-256: c7a4555ebc8bab5338080938164ae96334efda929531eade6d524385e72bccdc