Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df0f428d4912a225…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7d7a93fc19ede787a27fce586afbde75 SHA-1: cabfdbaa921562f7e908418fff0abad5408d365f SHA-256: df0f428d4912a225aaddebaad9ad4ec32664f397795562e478d9b765ab881749
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious content or further payload delivery. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=voice+typing+online+english PDF link annotation
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldv4c15bjfvdsjbb8jv7ds3ngn/nofozepuzaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ec0eefa8e---95535239836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9r0nfl06kasknj4qpj3p2b221/27167165282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35f34bd60f---sobozagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/20741740316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609595564fce1---tuzadilemira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/bejatanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/kopikekemupanuradetopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e98c190972fba0e510fa0bb4b0f9b01/20881099213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47dece19cf---wokexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805d6e954f4---vavozinotoditifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300d848cd0914f57e913ebddfb9df0da/sopozipufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c899b28f2---48567113100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu3aijb52b4u93iqf08s61o73t/45054220555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/53303795322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a6491cefb0cc4f14a0da0b647b93614/97298987927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/49316337806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/25587330740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/sozapifatadomoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094900283820---69928412363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevavinefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8aaa39c7cc---bepotironuzozivebuxinuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c740144eec---rosejixilivukifenikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE6 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 2e8c56e9ba191e208e4cfcad5c3c0bd1f1d5df85a6e055162aae0fd52e6ed1fd
font_01_sfnt_off000115a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A8 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 029776a86269963cdf0a3d3f2d680518ad2e118b03ddbf9f28139dc9f412a5eb
font_02_sfnt_off00014243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14243 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1