Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df2cfdb5edd3067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:50:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 43affb52ceb3c71e2ae00eabe5502b40 SHA-1: c35c3ccbfada84c431d04d4c8dc136558a85a62d SHA-256: 1df2cfdb5edd30670743938d309b7e8f6fd9f32ce0e17ae11013cca22bfa2174
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download an archive, which is then protected by a password provided within the document itself, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://novehorizonty.sk/userfiles/file/21564254898.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/72863976324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c556d9a3c078e23d0a4ba311c13c5bb3/befazunolekakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c818d7807---32153191913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772e341d7a1---75215459282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4fbc2486c---nuvirire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607049e4cb0f7---44288284454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/vuxifom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54a1fb0793152e91e306e96a21b6f65/83639075943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/28846090773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/90050550419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/25977064757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basagutujiguradadama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsjanaf.com/uploads/files/81921126106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe7b13c0e3612bd8bc5500732a65489/45574252419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi5097bstd0d2gjsehfihg1us6/jikagabofifurugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/mubavaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f01hgo4ov5pitgl0qb4jnrbg1/19837535385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij8eatg5orl9g0n7p15sptvl1g/gipugurivadukamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42dd0e68d8ff76b64f3ae1d3f1123146/dozufazavozusojarixabujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125d8cec59b6---37664471858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec7a69d2e5---xanilezevapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/27887527331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=fraction+multiplication+practice+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000dc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC40 16648 bytes
SHA-256: 97f6d940585f9972bd98aedf6aff6c9ee9bbebdacf0b280885ca918145f990c9
font_01_sfnt_off00010740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10740 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F57 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 55fa1bbe3677e3088366c75c5bf1e3a3a7094a13344a0ea60e3796e99e490ba7