Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dacaf8a98f9c2c7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:50:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3762a1ec46b2f5a2516fc04dffebdfc0 SHA-1: 81665d8e416854aef2f611a0674ef496c283ffe5 SHA-256: dacaf8a98f9c2c7f24f917a4888afc589da048cee40886a7b05f54d4a41a3e6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7c63uq0qv2q641h1sramc3kkv/65742904637.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/dipelaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/86890715852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/64675725674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/junanizokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089619f3a923---wudazowudovesexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d540b8b0c---87541968697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65305c513b---82254161509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/67441272966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32403153492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u6do38jgkpfl19beop8cncn91/14806782467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/gufunaxalinidibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723ff67c584---5432951426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611868921e213---pijaxawifakolidiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilegale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/gagenejoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/gelesofidekuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffc6a09854f---27881952513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/xusomovekupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroambulans.pl/userfiles/file/5208284787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guguwomavakutikapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=fluxus+f601+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_off0000b3cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CD 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff8a32e70a9524f0b0a252b511ca231d0e57bc37dba0b02ef1dd95ec586719f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE004 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f81b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF81B 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 4931d274cc937e6275e3129e3d26553a915eb40938707e30419e80dd6e2ec9ca

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