Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df06bc73180b39f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:11:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb1de9ecf7da171b5eecd49e86f4e229 SHA-1: f22c8ada95a07104ee57d9e45495833dc9d2af6c SHA-256: df06bc73180b39f2e47f080c3c4d2f6a066f6aad061b32b58b60e8e5a7e4b7e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest an attempt to lure victims through deceptive links.

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://psmpetcare.com/clients/76030/File/negadig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f01fc0e66b---56425722013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/wiliwekemefebejadudusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ac4651ce4cc82e82e74ea43f680119a/25639150175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/gofofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/25952630436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-8/20210708131430481231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekesvillszer.hu/UserFiles/file/momegorud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086961667de8---4426923501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9915a4a4de1f3c77deaa85c78725b1ff/wewekozuxuneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf113d6977---6738128836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaestehaus-am-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/jiwitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/xovugegubupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/98719231853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/tezosimikiravijojinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0df6ba820b---70005508410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32049dc76e---pagedadasawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghocitizenchinhhang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kapobumawixijasiguwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/16536490641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/076b7e04b95e5ab64951f645f559ca8e/befap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d89af19d3---85963659293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl4dd5cktl22ul421s9mfo1agr/sifide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbcc9b9c91a---54960666384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761bae0e863---ruvesewuzuworejigimijekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=infinite+flight+simulator+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000ef43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF43 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 2453c38713e869df316384889c58b7a4453cf445453244f1b54495a265c0fc93
font_01_sfnt_off000108ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C0 17088 bytes
SHA-256: a537c3b41d135405d174683818bf4b5a75d05dc55cdb195254895e7f63d10ae5