Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 def220dc43dc087b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:56:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 395fcba492e09bbc84544449e92925f1 SHA-1: 1c4a4de8f6d455ea9f324761afdea03d0f46fd87 SHA-256: def220dc43dc087bcbc991a612820d9a332497e716caf3d411d359c8f379449c
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 external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF structure itself is designed to obscure its true purpose by acting as a simple redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/gugupos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn1l213459ktpi03g3qu44v676/movofukajufunovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-ktn.at/images/content/files/96574799619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096a4b3c81c950917128d17c7044dc02/23979692710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f9b4777918a9790dad947d11db2d15/65803932856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768101e4eb9---fazekevumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refijawinasurukigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5427e185ec9ad2d23608ab7097bdb4/58383430485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309bfc7d753b3ef1d31de8a9165a2b22/motajezodupugoboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d67d2beb73d330395a57e05635741e6/patawekanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210604/2305027686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/76826880960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/demotowikaviwejutokawuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893d0eb0c6f---71351994147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847b25270f5---xukuxituzokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c2041084d---zegexajali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyo-sanritsu.com/userfiles/file/govogiwidadejizemafixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d82fce9bda---negitoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/940352da39864a45d4c2325f6c151508/56152557403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a6b974cfc---puretalava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/3874877980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/66772976003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/35251503131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a880d0032e2---patovamosezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607584e4d48d1---telatoxorurujiwibowove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/529c7aa5a180458153b658991571481e/zatubebomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cycas+plants+arePDF 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_off0000c4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4A8 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 5e66cc57f0667e00fef625e3be67b5275e763a441f24f6b396619c5a3a5251a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CC 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 1e603d89e4cdb5041147c1e4368841b1748329efefaa9678856774407e5bf84b