Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df09d87dcc42c373…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:02:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3062ed0b458bfb2abb7f201bb314eea1 SHA-1: ad32e1fbe9fd6d82290cbd2f28042d873cc162b6 SHA-256: df09d87dcc42c3739d8741e4359a90561d5c6c9f2b646065492e7086e9793adb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or redirection to malware. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of a link farm on potentially compromised infrastructure is a strong indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608312b1a2378---mediravoxudaxofuxuseduze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4675446f40---570062927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bceda1e370b---tamaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b6b69e217---94236534586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/1020255333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a229c99cd65---61224459171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8019e8e791---rulepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/92735983091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v5qpla5f336coi00qt589ri4p/44835830389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a1042bbc9---31852804086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d8e7947f8---73636319820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/zexusibutomesivubodopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/famepulilemapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e222543c3---46115334798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801f8c4ea8a---829246639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5642c43660029fcbc449e51fffe533/90897321118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a20a5ab4c---42791795349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3aae21c135---mepujozotiduvinivemufota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609524af25db9---tinuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/sagaxewexoretovuraladijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/83718221906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cea3151a5d5d3542b81fd6511ab71f49/38606454794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edf9fe77b6d34a31ee4327f1cf725e68/puwurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tune+an+electric+violinPDF 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_off00012264.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12264 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 34875cba71ba7d1b084105c14a1c63309e708e8ad5d08d4951b25a6c5f787ccf
font_01_sfnt_off00015255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A6C 10296 bytes
SHA-256: bedfbbd93407200ff0c40d45f6a7c87d2d532759b69afd39cee434a1a7459c57