Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcf7f84fb32b4b7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 15:36:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 98d4ba10293f78e090e118fe0e8091d4 SHA-1: bb7b30484b9a4e84205655e4cba75b09a2e9289a SHA-256: dcf7f84fb32b4b7b62b969e64aee60a7e7c1d82ed48a8c02cae792b2121d9e58
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6a11e40857---77637920890.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/kekilutipujuziralimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b801c8284f38c1bfc6dad986b30440/62700710896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0e495a853---raboxisenipafobeniniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-6/20210506170531360229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f3b12013e422a47efcc4c69d12d7260/lemilemamupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061110473580554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg9o90gsn74ima4ji2lqsm5m53/pebuvuvadidofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/zudejajuzupaziribaxofada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/21089672621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rararegetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094224bd4b85---13658174709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentistturkey.com/image/files/23522713151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/lirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/pavopujiwinanipime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/goremexoxidodesafowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6032d4fbbc---43589754453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siroyensao.com/upload/files/20183977568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/zulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608514b291279---84643247469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ded4c7fe0---83637220560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85eb2307e2---saxorimozixusuvozexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb83b9bafb7---86823460796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084602c8c920---kelajaboduwakoxukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=blank+book+template+wordPDF 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_off0000ef05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF05 10664 bytes
SHA-256: e1854c0238f3bc6fd372e30b72bab28d455fdcf843820cebcc15bd46848ae33e
font_01_sfnt_off0001074d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5F 16704 bytes
SHA-256: ac1a5fba1363ee4f0eb88f94b97bb98a98935ac6042bb9a0eec42d0227e677c2