Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df16bc66fc4fe57f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6d66cbd19e4eae5261a949c08682b292 SHA-1: df9f5a58b2816e9a540b89b38b678bc2849054dd SHA-256: df16bc66fc4fe57fd6de516bf311441ee48a3a1c45eedc97ee34d23b3f3bb8e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. This indicates a link farm or redirection scheme designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ead485caa32319ab0d359789447170/raxoxotubopa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606fe101508a4---96807926763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a017c7dcd2a---7329564817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aded449b1dd4472606e0d7b742b5c921/zogagapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cbe45adaa---11541215490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/vukari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/1620369484697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/bokarasipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/34037926333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/80839180364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/72062325593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c3889ac118721a7ed03163b99bd139/81345081194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72759fecfcbea881b352ee9f182430a4/37510370991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/wagetopidizajatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b323c07c898---18592530195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607678ab9ef2c---55923719814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bd63c564c---31139765157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a058cc41684a799c28793dc6fc0d94/77853633879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40831616add3d6e05ed4072f0f4b005e/96148837715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a882d10dc---35604247869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///wazawoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3223535347961f1767aeb415201999/nugetidugopigekowazile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38917dea95c5c1c4e3f2b4f4e8925e0f/58019846427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/bujovaxanivewakavoforaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/zowonadalulafolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ufc+208+fight+card+rumorsPDF 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_off0001046c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C83 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 939050b02c29c1d53d99203de6d1fc63d807c3ef91831a4042737cc3a3796506
font_02_sfnt_off000136a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A7 17228 bytes
SHA-256: bb086d88baf9d8e20afcc5d83a79ac25c6db52da31840153fedff8b7d509b20a