Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df400a7b4fa361c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-06-06 11:50:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 001d92db027386e1d2b4919d0a62741f SHA-1: 016aaf81348b762c7027122141f7a25264f48460 SHA-256: df400a7b4fa361c05f0b7bcbf5c36c3a573a1305bac68bedb04bd49320d59e83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is designed to leverage search engine optimization and compromised websites for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+handwriting+name+worksheets+for+kindergarten PDF link annotation
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8otg6g0s10svr0rs67ts7dtt3c/zexufukenibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c5f251d2b971b7339611ea9718b60dd/39246156057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078041a17db2---lidokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b914debd2---4046833032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab596abd872c717ca873c6f135fad84f/40102231511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/26258105984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/63437396670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3dc136612---9598619935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfc9ea8497---xosezuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3n8v787oqdmlgbp9dbdlc7j9i3/27652601644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce261b400b---66676237049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54d981d5c39ccec9ebeb19df40f311e3/91157249194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/lazinulajebozewiwatebixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/kaxerosefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085915b5f61cbfb8f6231bf46f0f58b1/molipobugukagigufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e07f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07F 5400 bytes
SHA-256: 934c60f806035e6a12158ba53a5726a207b6777b6b635733ffffdbe40e45ae1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CB 10860 bytes
SHA-256: f98ceb72c984af36fd44a97ee3e0d9d82a8f20bcfd2defe9869e5422db2e6a3e