Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f08b3dce36a551b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:46:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 67bd18e68f9511b246368874264d781d SHA-1: 863fb9ae8ae22be388885ff17a7de2f1f46e85dd SHA-256: f08b3dce36a551b3133a5719af4e47b00549bebedfc0205f09dc737d1946c418
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded links pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites. The heuristics indicate a link farm strategy, likely to obscure the ultimate destination or to distribute malicious content across multiple domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/zurolomeketozemijizarizim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/9947475641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/lerevajaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211f92171bf7e5a0d9127d5f16bb1082/kivutuxorojotigigixujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e93ec256f7---butib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/numisowowizidufasajamepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/rugurotabutudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/22053767717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/5932425970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/vebaresajozigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a664361151a1fb2468c849061e145135/diwarejurarudekilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/pudijidopabinoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25de5986ab---bugupuwivope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/dorisofefaxarifukakawosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903d2c7f2d8---1394701104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3fca7af52---71023703988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kunagopilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/69207241936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlw.ro/UserFiles/file/15514443261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d10b7aa6331eadf88d9cf4c9422621/nibetuzitexab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv57uru6gm8hsram4p1u4644e8/18284246750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/xelavizinosuposalil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/bidujuxukanerafofowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///dezitejitimelulewupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=swanson+speed+square+manualPDF 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_off0000b351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB351 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 2b49cfd5a2d1dfa62abbd2ac2f23e8a9668c454e1212aed038078ba19cac43ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F5 14212 bytes
SHA-256: b497351a43fc3b774159c6d57fbb892ca7ab5b4442d39be33a2f2cf8722f7335