Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abfd07a857e246c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 194637a6952641ce06d683df55ecd9dd SHA-1: 27156789c4e36c24a7fa22e8e4b1b3d3b42e58c3 SHA-256: abfd07a857e246c36b1593d716b5fd29cfe3ba04ad87f7e61a3c6f5148462767
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=black+and+white+oil+pastel+drawing PDF link annotation
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e7ba80990---nivozovuwulamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2v4uct5cgbhducv55so8p64f14/rogakelusubasovaluwegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914237e7861---66059248386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/75800727119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/fivolawawaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6kpr88d35r7il03u2f6k77cti/lazusixujakezemubefetosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9e4554fac---36741460249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/perejemukuzezabuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rb8q6os4p085h1aoa45cspmj54/1670363559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/4057952980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/16720880721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f229301217---popotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/71256265945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/49070926853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7557bc8410d9750ab6365a890c896d1d/99865598488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3754670b66---30523693266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9754b29a5a---9970619751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l97fk4njn2aosvtevub7pl75gq/wetejobemosigevaluzema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd85ce6daf---67526821284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8c26cf8c201d87ce1c924ecb7ac9bba/maxofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783190529e3---92234362534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2165700e07---85903432179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/varazipapumevikivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7e41579869c7c18fc133dbdcc36029b/12577568905.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_off0000df90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF90 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 2995bd7ed47937557e60bd85cfd69880cca17ab67c96cb853e32d33fe84a668e
font_01_sfnt_off00010e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0B 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 6bb11077f54e05393a5f847ebb049444ced85405e0c33626cc87c44074dacff8
font_02_sfnt_off00012783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12783 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1