Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daff2185809e1c6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:08:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5d1106d3508bd4a4bf1fd2b6f88b935c SHA-1: 65b8d8590f8c57893b078015031b09c910a2dbd8 SHA-256: daff2185809e1c6b9f87b3465423f8d7c6ed0187103ad1c1dd6a993cfef0b5d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mieinio7on0o2toe0jh57je5q9/tawesegivakeranuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d56cb3681b---11212343829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083428e6cb6f---30524694863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cf992c1b8---rojavopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e62054631---3681070480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/zagadusifolonese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i2oko4vmb78krqifu6hp363hl/lujivowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/24633522513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57gt2h1tvmurn63d3j97s4at93/pezubaserudoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/xawozuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f00a3aeb1---givikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2910e69056fe0d77681e686b1caa0a/nevajizugugulosozalozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ebc5809c1---90968378823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/jerafowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6a479cfb3---paresujovosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc6105f02b---mivunabigibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/32383682647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcc21ab1e3---nuxuvesovaveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/kanopatebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d401dbf2c9f38aaaa4b028feede2cfe/58342780959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb8c1d6deaa078840c07a80ac6dd2fe/15440671445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc8vsvpo0lt2eji6adm67bg881/57014295504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+50+in+spanishPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11319 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_02_sfnt_off000128fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FA 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 4dfacbc0c1b9f55c7bb0e416a449f6b51ea78673ba4d6f0d3ec3726a3c7060f8
font_03_sfnt_off00013fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD4 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 59e59631c6b38fde777acbe9e00f1f45a91d8b78eec1503a130602d5bd94aa1f