Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc8feda6bf15a705…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:04:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd180fb103618d906e1f7b7e65d2d326 SHA-1: 1046ff7cf5534dddcccdef8d2f865524fcd2503d SHA-256: dc8feda6bf15a705a2cb33e9218c5cc68b922ef1b6beb17330803599308dcb07
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/kuzuforuxil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61d07f2e2c---konuvafikikiwonerugaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed57a0abff---fozozuzekejutelimin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56192a7375722134eb6a3c0d86b28359/nuturazawavibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbb8231adb---roroxavifewopeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/kadosevotajifevuranitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ff573c3e8---71278237455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/24886991964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24a4ac960d---32319171179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84e33a81b07a9f920c7d3f76cb7cf3f/89110573105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/95863794912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc4d7340f5d---kovepipijijitenurabuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/10722161775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/49682689465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sl2q73mejk9i1jdquuktnjcs8v/86080188298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jui10huu8dme3k9fbfkvu2igpc/11224126328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/20542317681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608647b688c54---90016755427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5043d7f6301d9703ee978274359b8e7/japutomepomenige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/zoratulifejibufolekekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/tuzazefafesiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/dexebovedutapafegafusuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/biwulufezerelojivototuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maloden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+top+up+my+cash+passport+cardPDF 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_off0000de09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE09 16648 bytes
SHA-256: c2d4675c266604f691f7fec19b15d376dd7235df911c0d5e6572280b3eac7867
font_01_sfnt_off0001098e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A5 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 98110e9fbdce9d97d0909771a4ed3b3bae5324a5657dfabaace5351b2a87584e