Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbfd37adadbe7f2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 10:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 653369bdc49cca95c80c143738038fc8 SHA-1: 79524a9603a98f5f2e407a0b9a2fdaabb33765b5 SHA-256: dbfd37adadbe7f2c054d12d25901c5706ab596e7c88464f3bb10aacf97a2e342
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms indicates a clear intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27931663770.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54681215e3e0cab81d92adeaf42f7425/25116597424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609402cac77ad---vemejumolefaribovutavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rt3fa013dfo0icour6aaenmlp1/nivibunugewemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nujofurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102990023cea---xifanikomukosemuvako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anyimaker.com/upload/users/files/2863034510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/mijobodajojasupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c4e6eb3ffdc02dd4fe88cb681751ab/7034224778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/movelodolumukiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa91a3122fbe5a8393bd6c2e922536c/94853562515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b7e9c0030---menimedobidonijekafibemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d8967ec0fc1cc975821fdbf34e66e5f/98497836756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgl50dnivdq7c3tvhq98aj8mi1/24918238611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/42306286095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2ca01aabe---gonifelaxiluredupivekufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/mutomamuwidolikuvesaketoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/367216038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5m7vmvlrbogjr5ag2u7dufbih/raxatato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d8ffa25b0671d4b8a55d6275ec325ff/fojora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922f67bd24f---wawopozogenapixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ad2345484---5014944918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ut6onkfss30ka6i9n3n20a35/wujapimavobibudatasega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/99613142204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=bubble+shooter+genies+mod+apk+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off000103bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BC 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 9c228e17b4c149a8dfd6ef1205df0a8bcfa0d5709c75c91302266fc0f16f776f
font_01_sfnt_off00011d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D63 17708 bytes
SHA-256: fe2a7d88b6dc709129cb4469cdb26a1cb16c1af65e426c7ca7b16b91163de7cf
font_02_sfnt_off00014bbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000163d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163D4 11336 bytes
SHA-256: e8bb8a4a196d21668c5f5117ad599a195425eff00243d6e6f78d47a856f1b201