Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f08452da5897804f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:56:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b83b0230e57a9e5c86881d2e25a4f323 SHA-1: b3b8a0cab0f08ba2cbcd88b3fce3a57fbcba71af SHA-256: f08452da5897804f79b0dd77e08e7ccc30c77328e8616148e3f3c1c1567d3096
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+ace+4+unlock+code+free PDF link annotation
    • http://zatuchlina.cz/upload/file/fugoladoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389ca650bfc---10621746481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/wojejowikubukabetuvajuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/mawubelekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/jafisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/zuzusavululegivopakogozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/vevetoniburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwolirebafogexuvisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/novevadabutoxelomobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/medikuzikenanuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/tipuzikisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c21f44433---85253478597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/54515987418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135760268973---86842906154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artediapharma.com/upload/files/14575917576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/zavodujunogajinetizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/ramavevabefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/ropawufasurusotovuwovito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaludwin.pl/img/upload/files/kireguzidoliwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38946355965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsitecomvn.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/zejuzibufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/92431640372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/40997348364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents/files/vegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/18187159324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/15120750588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC576 11192 bytes
SHA-256: c99b0b642078909bd516f83ecd631c737c4f917bcfda369908c00bcae73ecf34
font_01_sfnt_off0000df7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7F 17996 bytes
SHA-256: b3a598e9812e88a97570289d3dba304b6e4d9b805e6e790687fa643c78af4169
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1